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MAKER'S MARK DISTILLERY v. DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA

Nos. 10-5508, 10-5586, 10-5819.

679 F.3d 410 (2012)

MAKER'S MARK DISTILLERY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA, INC., Defendant, Tequila Cuervo La Rojeña, S.A. De C.V.; Jose Cuervo International, Inc.; Casa Cuervo, S.A. De C.V., Defendants-Appellants. Maker's Mark Distillery, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Diageo North America, Inc., Defendant-Appellant, Tequila Cuervo La Rojeña, S.A. De C.V.; Jose Cuervo International, Inc.; Casa Cuervo, S.A. De C.V., Defendants. Maker's Mark Distillery, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Diageo North America, Inc.; Tequila Cuervo La Rojeña, S.A. De C.V.; Jose Cuervo International, Inc.; Casa Cuervo, S.A. De C.V., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 9, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Michael Aschen, Abelman Frayne & Schwab, New York, New York, J. Kevin Fee, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Edward T. Colbert, Kenyon & Kenyon LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Michael Aschen, Anthony A. Coppola, Abelman Frayne & Schwab, New York, New York, J. Kevin Fee, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, D.C., Michael A. Valenti, John E. Hanley, Valenti Hanley & Robinson, PLLC, Louisville, Kentucky, John S. Reed, Reed Weitkamp Schell & Vice, PLLC, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellants. Edward T. Colbert, Kenyon & Kenyon LLP, Washington, D.C., R. Gregg Hovious, John David Dyche, Fultz, Maddox, Hovious & Dickens PLC, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellee.

Before: MARTIN, MOORE, and COOK, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.

Justice Hugo Black once wrote, "I was brought up to believe that Scotch whisky would need a tax preference to survive in competition with Kentucky bourbon." Dep't of Revenue v. James B. Beam Distilling Co., 377 U.S. 341, 348-49, 84 S.Ct. 1247, 12 L.Ed.2d 362 (1964) (Black, J., dissenting). While there may be some truth to Justice Black's statement that paints Kentucky bourbon...

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