Michigan do you hear your consumers calling: What Peter Criss can teach the State of Michigan!
Peter Criss of Kiss wrote a song called Beth, which acknowledged that he heard his wife’s despair and was dismayed by it. The State of Michigan by contrast is hearing the despair from its consumers and […]
I am happy to announce that I made my 50th media appearance in Wine Spectator. Great article by Collin Drezien discussing with Supreme Court’s recent decision not to hear the latest wine retailer challenge to discriminatory wine retailer shipping laws.
Although I am disappointed by the result, I am happy over the media coverage which […]
The Supreme Court issued an order denying cert in Schmitt v. Sarasota Wine, which appealed the 8th Circuit’s decision upholding Missouri’s discriminatory wine retailer shipping law.
Irish Liquor Lawyer in Wine Searcher
Great talking with Blake Gray about the upcoming Supreme Court conference, where the Court will decide on whether to grant cert in Sarasota Wine Market v. Schmitt, a case which appeals the 8th Circuit’s decision upholding Missouri’s discriminatory wine retailer shipping law.
I contributed some insight […]
The Supreme Court meets again, will it be different this time?
On October 8th, the Supreme Court will hold a conference to discuss whether to grant cert in Sarasota Wine Market LLC v. Schmitt. The petitioners challenged the 8th Circuit’s ruling, which upheld Missouri’s discriminatory wine retailer shipping law. Under the Missouri law, in-state […]
The Supreme Court just announced that the cert petition challenging the 8th Circuit’s decision in Sarasota Wine Market, LLC v. Schmitt, which upheld Missouri’s discriminatory wine retailer shipping law, is being distributed for conference on October 8, 2021.
Originally, the cert petition was scheduled for conference on September 27, 2021. No word on why the Court […]
Right Cuomo’s wrong and clean up his mess
Andrew Cuomo left a mess for new Governor Kathy Hochul. In many areas the cleanup will become very difficult. However, there is one area where a quick fix is readily available, that area is helping the struggling hospitality industry.
In Cuomo’s last days, he let […]
The State of Missouri filed a reply brief in the Sarasota Wine v. Schmitt case which is on appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Missouri originally waived their right to respond to a cert petition challenging their discriminatory wine shipping law.
However, the U.S. Supreme Court demanded a response. A conference date is set for September 27th on […]
The fulfillment house folly, what exactly are we accomplishing?
Recently, several states including Alabama, Kansas, and Tennessee passed bills requiring that fulfillment houses shipping wine become licensed. Under these laws, a winery can only ship wine via its own premises or a licensed fulfillment house.
If a winery ships from an unlicensed fulfillment house, it […]
Lebamoff v. O’Connell was dismissed yesterday as the plaintiff is no longer involved in the case based on a business transaction.
This case is the story of pathetic case management and a 94 year-old judge that dragged things on.
We thought this case was set for trial back in April and the date kept getting moved.
By the […]