Boening Accuses Manhattan Beer of “Price Fixing”

Dear Client: As you'll recall, earlier this month Yuengling terminated its New York distributor, Boening Brothers Dist. (the sister company to Oak Beverage, which Yuengling had already terminated).   Yuengling had indicated that it would rather have no distributor in the market than be with Boening, although one would assume that Yuengling would end up with Manhattan Beer.   And in fact, Boening sued Yuengling and Manhattan Beer, claiming they "conspired" to reduce the value of Boening.  Meanwhile, Yuengling filed a