U.S. District Judge Sarah Morrison has once again ruled for Ohio against a challenge by an out of state retailer. The lawsuit was filed in 2020 challenging Ohio retailer shipping laws and was returned to the district court in 2023 after the 6th Circuit remanded the case with instructions. After addressing some Daubert motions on…Read More
District Court Rules for Ohio in Retail Shipping Challenge
March 20, 2025 21st Amendment Alcohol Regulation All Supreme Court
Ninth Circuit Upholds Arizona Retail Shipping Laws
March 4, 2025 All
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”
March 4, 2025 21st Amendment All
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
Rhode Island Retailer Shipping Cases Voluntarily Dismissed by Plaintiff
November 25, 2024 21st Amendment All Supreme Court
The two lawsuits challenging Rhode Island laws regulating retailer shipping have been voluntarily dismissed by the Plaintiffs. Last week the court issued an order for the Plaintiff to address the serious standing matters present in the Anvar case. The district court had previously ruled for the state in Anvar, but the First Circuit sent the…Read More
Illegal Alcohol Production Breaking Into the United States?
November 12, 2024 All
Unlicensed Distiller Sentenced to Jail for Killing Three People and also the Justice Department Files Appeal to the 5th Circuit in the Challenge to Home Distilling Ban The World Health Organization (WHO) has noted that over 25% of the alcohol in the world is “unrecorded alcohol” meaning it is illegally produced and not taxed and…Read More
