Ricchetti v. Meister Brau

431 F.2d 1211 Joseph A. RICCHETTI, individually and dba Kings County Distributing Co., Bay Beverage, Inc., a corporation, Louis C. Rossi, individually and dba Rossi Distributing Co., on behalf of themselves and all other Burgermeister beer distributors similarly situated, Appellants, v. MEISTER BRAU, INC., a corporation, Appellee. No. 25505. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. September 11, 1970. 1 Timothy H. Fine (argued) and G. Joseph Bertain, Jr., San Francisco, Cal., for appellants. 2 Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal., for appellee. 3 Before CHAMBERS and MERRILL, Circuit Judges, and TAYLOR, District Judge. * FRED M. TAYLOR, District Judge: 4 This private antitrust action was brought by three wholesale beer distributors against the appellee Meister Brau, Inc., seeking to enjoin the appellee from terminating the status of the appellants as distributors of Burgermeister beer. Federal jurisdiction is invoked under Section 16 of the Clayton Act, 38 Stat. 737 (1914), as amended, 15 U.S.C. § 26 , and jurisdiction on appeal is conferred by Title 28, U.S.C. § 1291 . 5 The appellants only sought injunctive relief in the District Court, praying for…