R & R MARKETING v. BROWN-FORMAN


729 A.2d 1 (1999)

158 N.J. 170

R & R MARKETING, L.L.C.; Royal Distributors and Importers, Ltd., Inc., and Reitman Industries, Inc., Petitioners-Respondents, v. BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION, Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided April 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross A. Lewin, Princeton, for respondent-appellant Brown-Forman Corporation (Jamieson, Moore, Peskin & Spicer, attorneys).

David N. Bregenzer, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, for respondent-appellant New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (Peter Verniero, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Edward G. D'Alessandro, Florham Park, for petitioners-respondents (D'Alessandro, Jacovino & Gerson, attorneys; Mr. D'Alessandro and Frederick E. Gerson, on the brief).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by O'HERN, J.

This appeal concerns the right of two wholesale distributors of alcoholic beverages to assign their existing franchise rights to distribute certain brands of alcoholic beverages to a wholly-owned limited liability company (LLC). The founding members of the LLC sought as well to retain the franchise rights to themselves. The Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (Director and ABC) ruled that the...

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