Archives for March 2025

Ninth Circuit Upholds Arizona Retail Shipping Laws

The Ninth Circuit upheld Arizona law and has ruled against a pending constitutional challenge by two oenophiles seeking to create a national wine retailing right in Arizona. In an opinion authored by Judge Milan Smith the court noted that the plaintiffs did have standing, but that they had failed to prove that the Arizona physical…Read More

Hold the Horses! 3rd Circuit Vacates Decision as “Issued In Error”

Well this is an interesting twist. The 3rd Circuit announced a decision in the morning of February 28th to a challenge to wine retailing laws in New Jersey. The decision upheld the New Jersey laws. Then at 7:48 PM the same evening, the Clerk of the court entered a decision vacating the decision stating: “The…Read More