325B.08 JUDICIAL REMEDIES.
If a brewer engages in conduct prohibited under sections
325B.01 to
325B.17, a wholesaler
may maintain a suit against the brewer in federal or state court in Minnesota. Such a venue may
not be waived except at the time that the lawsuit is filed. The court may grant equitable relief
as is necessary to remedy the effects of conduct which it finds to exist and which is prohibited
under sections
325B.01 to
325B.17, including, but not limited to, declaratory judgment and
injunctive relief. The court may, if it finds that the brewer has acted in bad faith in invoking the
amendment, termination, cancellation or nonrenewal provisions of sections
325B.01 to
325B.17,
or has unreasonably withheld its consent to any assignment, transfer or sale of the wholesaler's
agreement, award punitive damages, as well as actual damages, costs and attorneys fees.
History: 1977 c 328 s 8; 2000 c 415 s 1