KREFT v. ADOLPH COORS CO.

No. 05CA2315.

170 P.3d 854 (2007)

Randy KREFT and Colleen Kreft, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ADOLPH COORS COMPANY, Coors Brewing Company, Bacardi USA, Inc., Kobrand Corporation, Beer Institute Inc., Heineken USA, Inc., Brown-Forman Corporation, Diageo North America, Inc., and Mark Anthony Brands, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

October 4, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Straus & Boies, LLP, Barry Boughman, Steven M. Feder, Mark J. Schirmer, Denver, CO, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Wells, Anderson & Race, LLC, Mary A. Wells, L. Michael Brooks, Jr., Denver, CO; Wiley Rein, LLP, Brian Nuterangelo, Helgi C. Walker, Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellees Adolph Coors Company and Coors Brewing Company.

Temkin Wielga & Hardt, LLP, Mark Wielga, Nathan M. Longenecker, Denver, CO, for Defendant-Appellee Bacardi USA, Inc.

Baker & Hostetler, LLP, Mary Price Birk, Paul Enockson, Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellee Kobrand Corp.

Socha, Perczak, Setter & Anderson, P.C., Charles Q. Socha, Su-Lyn Combs, Denver, CO; Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, LLP, Anne G. Kimball, Sarah L. Olson, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Beer Institute.

Davis Graham & Stubbs, LLP, Charles L. Casteel, Denver, CO; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, David W. Ichel, Bryce L. Friedman, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Heineken USA, Inc.

Holland & Hart, LLP, Peter C. Houtsma, Scott S. Barker, Denver, CO, for Defendant-Appellee Brown-Forman Corporation.

Featherstone Petrie Desisto, LLP, Bruce A. Featherstone, Denver, CO; Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, Phillip L. Graham, Jr., Bradley P. Smith, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Diageo North America, Inc.

Lathan & Watkins, LLP, Peter L. Winik, Washington, D.C.; Temkin Wielga & Hardt LLP, Mark Wielga, Nathan M. Longenecker, Denver, CO, for Defendant-Appellee Mark Anthony Brands, Inc.


Opinion by Judge FURMAN.

Plaintiffs, Randy Kreft and Colleen Kreft, appeal the district court's judgment dismissing their class action complaint against defendants, Adolph Coors Company, Coors Brewing Company, Bacardi USA, Inc., Kobrand Corporation, Beer Institute Inc., Heineken USA, Inc., Brown-Forman Corporation, Diageo North America, Inc., and Mark Anthony Brands, Inc., for lack of standing under C.R.C.P. 12(b)(5). We affirm the judgment, dismiss the appeal in...

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