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STAWSKI DISTRIBUTING v. BROWARY ZYWIEC S.A.

No. 03-2553.

349 F.3d 1023 (2003)

STAWSKI DISTRIBUTING CO., INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BROWARY ZYWIEC S.A., doing business as Zywiec Breweries, LLC, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 20, 2003.

Rehearing Denied December 11, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Ettelman (argued), Ettelman & Hochheiser, Garden City, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Steven A. Roach (argued), Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, Detroit, MI, for Defendant-Appellant.

Carl Elitz (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

The contract between Stawski, a distributor of beer, and Zywiec, a brewer, provides that any dispute will be arbitrated in Poland (where Zywiec's brewery is located) under Polish law. When Zywiec notified Stawski that it would sell beer in Illinois through someone else, Stawski filed this suit in federal court under the diversity jurisdiction, see 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(2), contending that the termination would violate the Illinois Beer...

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