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MONROE BEVERAGE CO. v. STROH BREWERY CO.

Docket No. 103444, Calendar No. 14.

559 N.W.2d 297 (1997)

454 Mich. 41

MONROE BEVERAGE COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The STROH BREWERY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided March 4, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amberg, McNenly, Zuschlag, Firestone & Lee, P.C. by Dirk F. Zuschlag and Michael K. Lee, Southfield, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Butzel, Long by David H. Oermann and Phillip C. Korovesis, Birmingham, and The Stroh Brewery Company by William H. Beyer, Detroit, for Defendant-Appellant.

Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman by John A. Krsul, Jr. and Robert W. Powell, Detroit, amicus curiae for Beer Institute.

Before the Entire Bench.

Opinion

WEAVER, Justice.

This Court granted leave to appeal, limited to the issue whether § 30b of the Liquor Control Act grants to a wholesaler who has no agreement with the supplier the right to maintain a civil action under the act. The essential facts of this suit are not in dispute.

On January 1, 1984, Stroh Brewery and Cap Beverage entered into a wholesaler agreement that gave Cap Beverage exclusive rights to sell and distribute certain...

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