Winebow, Inc. v. Capitol-Husting Co., Inc.

Ct. of Appeals certified question to Wisconsin Supreme Ct. regarding whether wine dealerships are automatically considered as “intoxicating liquor” dealerships that are covered under Wisc. Fair Dealership Law (Act). Record showed that plaintiff terminated defendants’ dealerships that distributed plaintiff’s wine products, and plaintiff contended that it could do so because defendants’ dealerships were not covered by said Act that would otherwise require that any termination of covered dealerships be done only if plaintiff had established good cause to do so. As such, issue in case is whether definition of dealership contained in Wisc. Stat. section 135.02(3)(b) includes wine dealership relationship.