Craft Brewer Tests AZ Franchise Law
Sues to Switch from W&S House to Hensley

Dear Client:Arizona craft brewer Four Peaks Brewing is suing its statewide Arizona distributor, Alliance Beverage Distributing Co., a big statewide wine and spirits house (but also carries some crafts/imports, biggest being Boston Beer Co., but also includes Lagunitas, Ommegang and others). Four Peaks seeks a declaratory judgment allowing it to stop shipping to Alliance so it can sign a distributor agreement with big A-B house Hensley, with whom it has been in talks. The case hinges in large part on