“Unquestionably Legitimate” and Day v. Henry: Will the Supreme Court Finally Clarify Retailer Direct-to-Consumer Shipping After Tennessee Wine?
The dicta that ate the doctrine Watch modern alcohol-case briefing for five minutes and...
Tagged: Dormant Commerce Clause
Illinois Federal Court Upholds Three-Tier System Against Out-of-State Retailer Shipping Challenge
The Northern District of Illinois has weighed in on the ongoing national fight over...
Ninth Circuit’s Amended Wine Shipping Opinion: Discrimination? Irrelevant.
Earlier this year, we wrote that the Ninth Circuit’s original decision in Day v....
Second Circuit Brings State-Tied Restorative Justice Licensing Under Constitutional Scrutiny
New York’s attempt to bake “home field advantage” into its cannabis licensing process just...
Maryland’s Direct Beer Shipping Case Puts Granholm-Type Manufacturer Issue on Trial
A Manufacturer’s Fight, Not a Retailer’s On August 4, 2025, the U.S. District Court...
Seventh Circuit Uncorks Dual Rationales in Chicago Wine v. Braun, Affirms State’s Direct Shipping Ban
A Decision Long in the Cellar On August 5, 2025—nearly four years after oral...
Washington Court Tries to Sidestep Granholm in Out-of-State Distiller Fight
In an opinion that will likely not stand for long, the U.S. District Court...
The Echo of Brandeis in the Age of Tennessee Wine: Jean-Paul Wegg and the Limits of State Power under the 21st Amendment
Justice Brandeis, writing for the Supreme Court in State Board of Equalization v. Young’s...
Ohio’s Wine Shipping Battle: Block v. Canepa – A Final Blow in the District Court
Another federal court has weighed in on the ongoing war over direct-to-consumer wine shipping,...
Breaking Down the Dormant Commerce Clause Case Against Unevenly Applied Rights Between In-State and Out-of-State Manufacturers: Buckel Family Wine v. Mosiman
In a decision from the United States District Court for the Southern District of...
Case involving alcohol law allowing in-state distilleries shipping direct to citizens and prohibiting out-of-state distilleries from doing the same allowed to proceed after direct comparison to Granholm.
In a classic Granholm v. Heald situation involving a lack of parity between in-state...
Challenges to discriminatory and protectionist liquor distribution and sales laws continue in spite of pending SCOTUS case as wine importing challenge in CA gets hearing on motion to dismiss
In a case that I was sure would be put off until after the...
