Case Title: Esber Beverage Co. v. Canandaigua Wine Co.

Citation: 1994-Ohio-48

Docket Number: 19930086

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 1994-03-23T00:00:00Z

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Esber Beverage Company, Appellant, v. Canandaigua Wine Company,                  
Inc. Appellee.                                                                   
[Cite as Esber Beverage Co. v. Canandaigua Wine Co. (1994),                      
Ohio St.3d    .]                                                                 
Commercial transactions -- Alcoholic beverages franchise not                     
     created by operation of law pursuant to R.C. 1333.83                        
     through the mere existence of a written contract between a                  
     manufacturer and distributor of such products, where the                    
     contract disclaims any intention to create such a                           
     relationship and the contract term is for less than six                     
     months.                                                                     
     (No. 93-86 -- Submitted January 25, 1994 -- Decided March                   
23, 1994.)                                                                       
     Certified by the Court of Appeals for Stark County, NO.                     
CA-8974.                                                                         
                                                                                 
     Comstock, Springer & Wilson and Marshall D. Buck, for                       
appellant.                                                                       
     Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, John W. Edwards II, Kathleen                    
B. Burke and John M. Majoras, for appellee.                                      
                                                                                 
     The cause is affirmed on authority of Tri County Distrib.,                  
Inc. v. Canandaigua Wine Co. (1993), 68 Ohio St.3d 123, 623                      
N.E.2d 1206.                                                                     
     Moyer, C.J., A.W. Sweeney, Douglas, Wright,  Resnick, F.E.                  
Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ., concur.