MAJOR BRANDS, INC. v. MAST-JÄGERMEISTER US, INC.

No. 22-2979, No. 22-3067.

121 F.4th 661 (2024)

MAJOR BRANDS, INC. Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross Appellant, v. MAST-JÄGERMEISTER US, INC.; Southern Glazers Wine and Spirits, LLC; Southern Glazers Wine and Spirits of Missouri, LLC, Defendants-Appellants/Cross Appellees. American Craft Spirits Association; Brewers Association; Wine Institute; Distilled Spirits Council of the United States; Missouri Craft Brewers Guild Amici on Behalf of Appellant(s).

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: November 8, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Derick C. Albers, Lindsey Muse Bruno, Sarah Anne Milunski, Edward Theodore Pivin, Evan Reid, Oliver H. Thomas, Richard B. Walsh, Jr., Lewis & Rice, Saint Louis, MO, for Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross Appellant.

Lawrence C. Friedman, Daniel Alexander Garcia, Amanda J. Hettinger, Stephen Boyd Higgins, Nicholas James Lamb, I, Jan Paul Miller, Booker T. Shaw, Allison Spors, Thompson & Coburn, Saint Louis, MO, for Defendants-Appellants/Cross Appellees.

Michael R. Annis, Husch & Blackwell, Saint Louis, MO, Michael Martinich-Sauter, Deputy for Legal Policy and Special Litigation Attorney General, James Otis Law Group, LLC, Saint Louis, MO, Spencer Aaron Tolson, Husch & Blackwell, Dallas, TX, for Amici on Behalf of Appellant(s) in No. 22-2979.

Before LOKEN, COLLOTON, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


Major Brands, Inc. ("Major Brands") is a Missouri-licensed liquor distributor. It operates only in Missouri, where it is the second-largest liquor distributor in the State, with a portfolio of over one thousand brands. Mast-Jägermeister US, Inc. ("MJUS") is a supplier of the German-made herbal liqueur Jägermeister...

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