Although the Tennessee Wine opinion was not released, the Supreme Court provided some clues on the destiny of the opinion.
The Chief Justice wrote the opinion in Knick v. Scott, why is that relevant to the liquor world? Since Knick has been disposed of, there is one opinion left from January oral arguments, yes Tennessee Wines. […]
The Supreme Court disappoints again and we will need to wait until Monday
The Supreme Court did not issue an opinion in the Tennessee Wine case. The Court will be back Thursday to publish more opinions. I still expect an Alito written opinion, but we shall see!
The Supreme Court has only two more weeks this term and us liquor folks are awaiting anxiously a final decision. The conventional wisdom is the longer it takes an opinion to come out, the more groundbreaking it will become.
In liquor circles we are not only interested in the opinion but also who will be its […]
A US District Court held that Michigan’s law banning out-of-state retailers from shipping wine into the state was unconstitutional. It held that the nondiscrimination principle which applied to suppliers in Granholm extended to retailers. Michigan sits in the 6th Federal Judicial Circuit, […]
In an unsurprising decision the Eastern District of Missouri ruled that a challenge to Missouri’s ban on out-of-state wine retailers shipping to customers within the state, failed to state a claim on which relief could be granted and dismissed the challenge. Sarasota Wine Market v. Parson, Case No. 4:17CV2792 HEA (Eastern District of Missouri, March […]
There is a great buzz going around about the U.S. Supreme Court’s Tennessee Wine case and whether this case will decide if Granholm extends to retailer, and hence deems laws banning wine retailer shipping as unconstitutional.
Even if the Supreme Court remains silent on the specific issue, many lower federal courts and even state courts may […]
Total Wine and More (Total) filed a lawsuit against Connecticut bringing a facial challenge to Connecticut’s pricing provisions. Total alleged that the pricing provisions created per se violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act Section 1 and thus were preempted by statute.
Total claims that the Connecticut laws eliminate the need for wholesalers to compete […]
The Supreme Court oral arguments have passed and the liquor community looks at the argument the same way a fan looks at a draw in a big soccer game. There is a big buildup to the game, we don’t know what the impact will be, we go to oral argument and go away not unhappy […]