Judge Halts Constellation Exit from Coors Distributing Co. Pending Arbitration

Dear Client: Any plans for Constellation to depart Denver-based, Molson-Coors owned Coors Distributing Company are now on hold, per an order that came down last night from District Court Judge Adam J. Espinosa. The ruling keeps Constellation in place until an arbitrator can decide the underlying dispute, as the parties' 2008 agreement requires. The order says CDC “has presented sufficient credible evidence demonstrating a reasonable probability of success on the merits in arbitration on its challenge to the enforceability of