Southern Wine and Spirits Challenge to Missouri’s Residency Requirements 8th Circuit Briefing Complete And Five Amicus Briefs Filed

You may not remember the original district court opinion in the Southern Wine and Spirits challenge to the Missouri residency requirements for wholesaler’s licenses.  You can find it here.  Briefly, Southern sued when Missouri denied it a wholesaler’s license based on the Missouri statute requiring actual Missouri residency (Southern’s officers are Florida residents).

The district court granted judgment to Missouri, rejecting Southern’s claims that the residency requirements of the Missouri statute violated the Commerce, Equal Protection, and Privileges and Immunities clauses of the Constitution.

Southern appealed and in a previous post we put up that brief for your review.  The appellate briefing is finished and you can find Missouri’s response brief here, and Southern’s Reply here.

More interesting, are the multiple amicus briefs filed by farsighted parties who see
the implications to their own interests in this matter.  So far, the who’s who of amici are (their briefs are attached to the links):

There’s no telling when we’ll see an opinion from the 8th Circuit, but for those interested in pursuing their scholarship of the Commerce and Equal Protection clauses would be hard pressed to find better resources.

Ashley Brandt

Hi there! I’m happy you’re here. My name is Ashley Brandt and I’m an attorney in Chicago representing clients in the Food and Beverage, Advertising, Media, and Real Estate industries. A while back I kept getting calls and questions from industry professionals and attorneys looking for advice and information on a fun and unique area of law that I’m lucky enough to practice in. These calls represented a serious lack of, and need for, some answers, news, and information on the legal aspects of marketing and media. I've got this deep seeded belief that information should be readily available and that the greatest benefit from the information age is open access to knowledge... so ... this blog seemed like the best way to accomplish that. I enjoy being an attorney and it’s given me some amazing opportunities, wonderful experiences, and an appreciation and love for this work. I live in Chicago and work at an exceptional law firm, Goldstein & McClintock, with some truly brilliant people. Feel free to contact me at any time with any issues, comments, concerns… frankly, after reading this far, I hope you take the time to at least let me know what you think about the blog and how I can make it a better resource.

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  1. April 2, 2019

    […] & Spirits challenge to Missouri’s residency requirements.  You can read our previous posts on this case here, but briefly, in case you’ve forgotten what led to this […]

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