Ninth Circuit Declines to Re-Hear Olympic Eagle/Constellation Case

Dear Client: It’s the (likely) end of the road for the distribution contract spat between Washington state distributor Olympic Eagle and Constellation, as the Ninth Circuit has declined to re-hear an appellate case decided in Constellation’s favor earlier this summer.  On Tuesday, an unsigned, one-page order was issued by Circuit Judges Susan P. Graber, Ronald M. Gould and Michelle T. Firedland, notifying that the panel “voted to deny Appellee’s petition for panel rehearing,” with Judges Gould and Friedland voting to