Anheuser-Busch Sues Ill. Regulator Over Blocked Deal

By Allison Grande

Law360, New York (March 11, 2010, 7:14 PM ET) -- Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. has slapped the Illinois Liquor Control Commission with a suit accusing the regulator of hindering its ability to compete with in-state beer producers by enforcing an act that prohibits the brewer from buying a local alcoholic beverage distributor.

The beer giant claims that the Illinois Liquor Control Act of 1934 — which blocks Anheuser-Busch from executing a proposed deal to acquire City Beverage LLC by making it illegal for a “nonresident dealer” to also operate as a distributor in the state — unconstitutionally...
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