Retailer-shipping challengers prevailed in the Sixth Circuit’s Ohio case. The opinion illustrates why discriminatory shipping restrictions require an evidentiary defense and why that inquiry differs from a challenge to the three-tier system as a whole.
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 Seventh Circuit’s 2018 Lebamoff ruling allows a challenge to Illinois’ restrictions on direct shipments from out-of-state retailers to proceed.
A Missouri advertising decision considers whether direct retail privileges undermine the state’s asserted justification for tied-house restrictions.
A 2018 Michigan ruling examines unequal direct-shipping rights for in-state and out-of-state wine retailers under the dormant Commerce Clause.
A Wisconsin Supreme Court decision examines the effect of statutory language and a partial veto on protections for wine distribution agreements.
The Seventh Circuit’s Monarch Beverage decision examines Indiana’s ban on combined beer and spirits wholesaling and the state’s pricing rationale.
The Cadena dissent critiques strict cross-tier ownership restrictions and the chain of ownership used to deny convenience-store liquor licenses.
The 2017 final briefs frame Great Lakes and Boston Beer’s effort to terminate distribution agreements following Southern Glazer’s restructuring.
Watch the 2017 en banc Ninth Circuit argument in Retail Digital Network concerning paid alcohol advertising and tied-house restrictions.
An archived 2017 notice links the Retail Digital Network en banc argument over supplier payments to retailers for alcohol advertising.
An Iowa winery-owner dispute examines whether shared ownership restrictions apply when the retailer sells beer but does not sell wine.
