GUILD WINERIES & DISTILLERIES v. J. SOSNICK & SON

Docket No. 42953.

102 Cal.App.3d 627 (1980)

162 Cal. Rptr. 87

GUILD WINERIES AND DISTILLERIES, Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Respondent, v. J. SOSNICK & SON, Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

January 29, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Frederick P. Furth, Thomas R. Fahrner, Richard S.E. Johns, Michael P. Lehmann, Furth, Fahrner & Wong and Furth, Fahrner, Bluemle, Mason & Wong for Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant.

Godfrey L. Munter, Jr., John A. Hinman, Robert W. Martin, Martin, Munter & Keegin and Martin & Munter for Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

BRUNN, J.*

(1a) This is a Cartwright Act private antitrust case. We hold that it is unlawful for a manufacturer who also distributes its own products in one geographic area to terminate an independent distributor when a substantial factor in bringing about the termination is the distributor's refusal to accept the manufacturer's attempt to enforce or impose territorial or customer...

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