Opinion ID: 1927150
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Heading: The Actions.

Text: Counterclaims were brought by defendant-appellant Wisconsin Liquor Company of Oshkosh, and by defendant-appellant Wisconsin Liquor Company of Green Bay, for damages for breach of exclusive distributorship contracts against plaintiff-respondent California Wine Association, which had previously commenced actions against these defendants for payments for merchandise received. Later plaintiff-appellant Sheboygan-Badger Liquor Company  commenced an action against California Wine Association also for damages for breach of an exclusive distributorship contract. These actions were consolidated for trial, and the two suits brought by the California Wine Association were settled by stipulation, leaving for trial only the counterclaims and the action by the Sheboygan-Badger Liquor Company. For convenience, the liquor companies will be referred to collectively as the Peckarsky Companies, and the California Wine Association as the Association. Trial was to the court which found among many other findings of fact that the Association wrongfully terminated exclusive distributorship contracts with the Peckarsky Companies. The trial court made several findings of fact regarding the calculation of damages for breach of contract and awarded each of the Peckarsky Companies a separate amount which in the first two actions were setoffs against the amount owed to the Association for merchandise received. In each of these actions the Peckarsky Companies appeal from the whole of the judgment and the Association files notice of review.