Direct-to-consumer alcohol shipping coverage, including winery and retailer rights, state restrictions, and interstate commerce litigation.
Ohio’s certiorari petition describes a major conflict over retailer wine shipping. This June 2026 analysis asks whether the Sixth Circuit instead applied the established constitutional test to a record that failed to justify discriminatory restrictions.
The Supreme Court’s May 2026 denials in Day v. Henry and Chicago Wine v. Braun left the lower-court judgments in place. We examine what those denials leave unresolved and why evidence remains central to retailer direct-shipping challenges.
How much work should the phrase “unquestionably legitimate” do in an alcohol-shipping case? This analysis of Day v. Henry examines three-tier dicta, Tennessee Wine’s evidentiary inquiry, and the constitutional questions presented for Supreme Court review.
The Ninth Circuit changed its reasoning while leaving the result in place. This article examines the amended Day v. Henry opinion, its treatment of discrimination, and Judge Forrest’s dissent.
Furlong v. Brown concerns manufacturers’ beer-delivery rights and Maryland residency requirements. This article examines the August 2025 summary-judgment decision and the factual questions left for trial.
Judges Easterbrook and Scudder reached the same result through different constitutional routes. This article compares their 2025 Chicago Wine opinions and the evidence-based inquiry under Tennessee Wine.
This article examines the district court’s 2025 decision in Ohio’s retailer wine-shipping dispute. It discusses the physical-presence requirement, personal-transport limits, and the evidence offered to defend them.
The original March 2025 Day v. Henry opinion divided the Ninth Circuit over Arizona’s retailer shipping restrictions. This article examines the majority, dissent, and the developing Tennessee Wine framework.
Shady Knoll challenged Washington’s different treatment of in-state and out-of-state distilleries. The 2023 order considers Granholm at the motion to dismiss stage.
The Sixth Circuit’s questions ranged from what an out-of-state retailer license could look like to the evidence Ohio offered for its wine shipping restrictions.
Two 2020 Ohio wine-shipping cases illustrate constitutional limits on the Twenty-First Amendment Enforcement Act and disputes over retailer access.
A May 2020 update tracks the denied Lebamoff rehearing request and related federal appeals over retailer alcohol shipping and the Commerce Clause.
