BEVERAGE DISTRIBUTORS, INC. v. MILLER BREWING CO.

No. 11-3484.

690 F.3d 788 (2012)

BEVERAGE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.; Dayton Heidelberg Distributing Company, Inc.; Esber Beverage Company; Tramonte Distributing Co.; Muxie Distributing Co., Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Ohio Valley Wine Company, Intervenor Plaintiff, v. MILLER BREWING COMPANY; SABMiller, PLC SABMiller House; MillerCoors, LLC; Coors Brewing Company; Molson Coors Brewing Company, Defendants-Appellants, Adolph Coors Company, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 16, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: L. Joseph Loveland , King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellants. Stephen W. Funk , Roetzel & Andress, Akron, Ohio, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: L. Joseph Loveland , Merritt E. McAlister , King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, John Russell Chlysta , Hanna, Campbell & Powell, LLP, Akron, Ohio, Jeffrey S. Bucholtz , King & Spalding LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Stephen W. Funk , Roetzel & Andress, Akron, Ohio, David W. Alexander , Emily E. Root , Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, LLP, Columbus, Ohio, Mark D. Wagoner, Jr. , Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, Toledo, Ohio, John P. Maxwell , Paul H. Malesick , Charles E. Ringer , Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co., LPA, Canton, Ohio, Tracey Lancione Lloyd , Richard L. Lancione , Lancione Lloyd and Hoffman, Bellaire, Ohio, for Appellees.

Before: MARTIN, GILMAN, and WHITE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.

MillerCoors, Miller Brewing Company ("Miller") and its parent company SABMiller, and Coors Brewing Company ("Coors") and its parent company Molson Coors Brewing Company (collectively, "the Manufacturers") appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment for Beverage Distributors, Inc., Dayton Heidelberg Distributing Co., Inc., Esber Beverage Co., Muxie Distributing Co., Inc., and Tramonte Distributing Co...

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