BEVERAGE DISTRIBUTORS, INC. v. MILLER BREWING CO.

Case Nos. 2:08-cv-827, 2:08-cv-931, 2:08-cv-1112, 2:08-cv-1131, 2:08-cv-1136.

803 F.Supp.2d 765 (2011)

BEVERAGE DISTRIBUTORS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. MILLER BREWING COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Ohio, Eastern Division.

March 22, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Maxwell , Paul H. Malesick , Charles E. Ringer , Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co., LPA, Canton, OH, for Plaintiff Tramonte Distributing Co.

David Warren Alexander , Emily Elizabeth Root , Squire Sanders & Dempsey (US) LLP, Columbus, OH, for Plaintiffs.

John R. Chlysta , Hanna Campbell & Powell LLP, Akron, OH, L. Joseph Loveland , King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, GA, Michael W. Youtt , Russell D. Workman , Shelby Wilson, King & Spalding LLP, Houston, TX, for Defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

MICHAEL H. WATSON, District Judge.

These consolidated diversity actions arise from the purported termination of alcoholic beverage distributor franchises governed by the Ohio Alcoholic Beverages Franchise Act ("ABFA" or "Act"), Ohio Rev.Code §§ 1333.82-1333.87. The cases present the central issue whether one of the Defendants is a "successor manufacturer" under Ohio Rev.Code § 1333.85(D) and therefore entitled to terminate...

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