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MARTIGNETTI GROCERY CO., INC. v. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES CONTROL COMMISSION

No. 18-P-1258.

96 Mass. App. Ct. 729 (2019)

MARTIGNETTI GROCERY CO., INC. v. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES CONTROL COMMISSION & others.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 17, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Mark Dickison , for the plaintiff.

Mary E. O'Neal , for Constellation Brands, Inc., & another.

Julie E. Green , Assistant Attorney General, for Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission.

William F. Coyne, Jr. , for M.S. Walker, Inc., & another, amici curiae, was present but did not argue.

Present: RUBIN, MASSING, & ENGLANDER, JJ.

By statute, when a licensed Massachusetts wholesaler of alcoholic beverages has been distributing a particular brand name item for more than six months, the supplier cannot discontinue sales of the brand to the wholesaler without good cause. See G. L. c. 138, § 25E (§ 25E). When the supplier sells the brand to a new owner in...

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