2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 18B-1202. No inducement, coercion, or discrimination.

§ 18B‑1202.  No inducement, coercion, or discrimination.

No winery may:

(1)       Induce, coerce, or attempt to induce or coerce any wine wholesaler to accept delivery of any alcoholic beverage or any other commodity which has not been ordered by the wine wholesaler;

(2)       Induce, coerce, or attempt to induce or coerce any wine wholesaler to do any illegal act by any means, including threatening to amend, cancel, terminate, or refuse to renew any agreement existing between a winery and a wine wholesaler;

(3)       Require a wine wholesaler to assent to any condition, stipulation, or provision limiting the wholesaler in his privilege to sell a product offered by any other winery;

(4)       Unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, sex, religion, or national origin in awarding or maintaining  agreements covered by this Article. Wineries who contract with wholesalers in this State shall make reasonable efforts  to establish and maintain agreements with wholesalers who are females and members of minority groups. (1983, c. 85, s. 2.)