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THE SUPERIOR BEVERAGE CO. v. SCHIEFFELIN & CO.

Nos. 05-3698, 05-3787, 05-3854.

448 F.3d 910 (2006)

THE SUPERIOR BEVERAGE CO., INC., Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. SCHIEFFELIN & CO., Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Goodman Beverage Co., Inc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Schieffelin & Co., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 24, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: James B. Niehaus, Frantz Ward, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant. James L. Messenger, Henderson, Covington, Messenger, Newman & Thomas, Youngstown, Ohio, Kevin R. McMillan, Kabat, Mielziner & Sobel, Beachwood, Ohio, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: James B. Niehaus, Jay R. Carson, Frantz Ward, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant. James L. Messenger, Jerry M. Bryan, Richard J. Thomas, Henderson, Covington, Messenger, Newman & Thomas, Youngstown, Ohio, Kevin R. McMillan, Jonathan F. Sobel, Kabat, Mielziner & Sobel, Beachwood, Ohio, for Appellees.

Before: MERRITT, MARTIN, and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.

Schieffelin & Co., an alcohol distributor, appeals two orders from the district court, in which that court abstained from exercising jurisdiction based on the Supreme Court's decision in Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. Thibodaux, 360 U.S. 25, 79 S.Ct. 1070, 3 L.Ed.2d 1058 (1959). Superior Beverage has cross-appealed on the same issue. The district court based its decision...

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