Subscribe Sun Ad. Attorneys wrapped up jury selection late Tuesday, selecting six jurors and three alternates from a jury pool that started with 600 residents in the case of the Maris Distributing Co. and the St. Louis-based beer maker. The beer distributorship was given to Maris as a reward for helping the Cardinals win the 1967 World Series. Among the jurors are a Lake City Community College teacher who teaches business law, a former bank teller and an editor with the University of Florida's department of fisheries and aquatic sciences.
Opening statements start today.
But Anheuser-Busch representatives maintain the Maris Distributing Co. violated its right to a distributorship because it didn't follow quality standards. Peter Moll, lead counsel for Anheuser-Busch, asked jury pool members. The Maris family, he said, is not being sued. Willie Gary, the lead attorney for the Marises, spent more than three hours talking and questioning the jury pool about large jury awards and fair play. No matter how big or how small you are, we all have rules we must follow.