I am excited to be a part of the 15th Center for Alcohol Policy Legal Conference which will be held in Nashville, Tennessee. The conference starts with a reception the evening of August 29 and then goes all day the 30th and half the day on Wednesday the 30th. Registration can be found here. There…Read More
15th Annual Center for Alcohol Policy Legal Conference to be held August 30 and 31 in Nashville
Why States should keep winning the physical-presence cases, Part I: using the extraterritoriality doctrine on defense
Guest Column: John Neiman, Shareholder, Maynard Cooper & Gale in Birmingham, Alabama and former Supreme Court (and 4th Circuit) law clerk and former Alabama State Solicitor General On June 1st the Fourth Circuit upheld, against a dormant Commerce Clause challenge, a North Carolina law requiring retailers who sell alcohol in the State to have a…Read More
Oral Arguments Held in 7th Circuit on Retailer Challenge to Indiana Law
The 7th Circuit held oral arguments on the Chicago Wine challenge to Indiana laws banning out of state retailers from shipping to Indiana residents. The link to the oral argument can be found here. Judge Easterbrook, Judge Kanne, and Judge Scudder served on this panel. Judge Easterbrook noted that there have been a bunch of…Read More
Supreme Court Declines to Review 8th Circuit Ruling for Missouri on Retail Shipping Case
The Supreme Court today issued its order list from its October 8 conference. The certiorari petition sought to have the court overturn the 8th Circuit decision upholding Missouri’s retail delivery laws. The 8th Circuit decision noting that the Missouri law does not violate the dormant Commerce Clause stands. Earlier this year the Court rejected a similar…Read More
Retail Shipping Case in Illinois Dismissed Before Trial
There is one less dormant commerce clause challenge to the ability of a state to restrict out of state retailers after the case in Illinois was dismissed. Judge John Lee of the Northern District of Illinois signed the order of dismissal. This case had been slated to start as a trial in September after a remand…Read More