Bell’s Brewery Sues Distributor Doesn’t Want Brands to end up in A-B House

Larry Bell and his namesake brewery Bell's Brewery of Michigan is suing his local distributor in Kalamazoo, Classic Wines, seeking a declaratory judgment to prevent that company from selling the distribution rights of Bell's to M&M Distributors, the local A-B distributor. Bell's claims that it has the right to approve the transfer based on its distributor agreement. "Based on the exercise of its reasonable business judgment, Bell's has concluded that M&M does not meet the material and reasonable qualifications and