TRI COUNTY WHOLESALE v. LABATT USA OPERATING CO.

Nos. 15-3710/3769.

828 F.3d 421 (2016)

TRI COUNTY WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.; The Bellas Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. LABATT USA OPERATING CO., LLC; Cerveceria Costa Rica, S.A., North American Breweries Holdings, LLC, Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 6, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: David W. Alexander , Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellants/Cross-Appellees. James B. Niehaus , Frantz Ward LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants. ON BRIEF: David W. Alexander , Larry J. Obhof Jr. , Christopher F. Haas , Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellants/Cross-Appellees. James B. Niehaus , Christopher C. Koehler , Frantz Ward LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Before: BOGGS, SILER, and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

After Prohibition ended in 1933 when the Twenty-First Amendment was ratified, most states adopted a system for distributing alcoholic beverages that consists of three tiers: suppliers, distributors, and retailers. Suppliers manufacture or import alcoholic beverages, and they must sell their products to state...

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