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More on the 21st Amendment
Main Thursday, May 29, 2025More on the 21st AmendmentOne running commentary in the 21st amendment ratification debates was about how the 18th Amendment was ratified. How did an amendment adopted…
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The 21st Amendment Conventions
Main Tuesday, May 27, 2025The 21st Amendment ConventionsI've now read through all the state convention records on the ratification of the 21st Amendment. This is the most detailed record on…
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Happy Repeal Day!
Main Thursday, December 05, 2024Happy Repeal Day!On this day, in 1933, the 21st Amendment was ratified, repealing the 18th, which had provided for the prohibition of the "manufacture, sale, or…
Libation Law Blog
The out-of-state retailers arguing the Commerce Clause allows them to ship alcohol across state borders on par with in-state retailers that have the same privilege filed for Supreme Court review of the 6th Circuit Lebamoff decision. We’ve got the brief for you.
I’m doing my best to draft headlines that tell you all you really need to know. Would that it were possible for this issue regarding the retail of alcohol, the…
Libation Law Blog
6th Circuit rules in favor of 3-tier system blocking access to out-of-state liquor retailers in Michigan case looking to allow out-of-state retailers to deliver to in-state consumers where in-staters have that privilege.
In case you don’t want to read through this, the majority of the reasoning allowing discrimination between in-state and out-of-state liquor retailers in this opinion rests on the rationale that…
Maryland Alcoholic Beverage Law
Maryland Enacts New Alcoholic Beverage Laws in 2020
Almost 86 years to the day after the repeal of Prohibition, the Maryland General Assembly commenced on January 8, 2020. That 440th legislative session in Maryland was, for the first…
Libation Law Blog
Reply brief in 6th Circuit out-of-state alcohol retailer direct shipping case draws rebuke and desire for sur-reply. Briefing is done in one of the many inevitable Commerce Clause challenges to arise after Tennessee Wine.
The 6th Circuit’s “Amazon of liquor” case is about in-state liquor retailers having the privilege to ship liquor directly to residents, but denying that right to out-of-state alcohol retailers. One…
Supreme Court Update
Granholm v. Heald (03-1116) and order list
Greetings, Court Fans! Yesterday, the Court made it a little easier for the law to drive us all to drink. Coming off another two-week recess, the Court issued its opinion…
Minding Your Business
State Liquor Law Tossed: Industry Changes Ahead
In a decision with major implications for fans of wine, liquor, or free trade, the Supreme Court has affirmed a ruling that struck down a Tennessee law, which imposed certain…
Franchise Law Update
Durational Residency Requirements for Liquor Licensees: Closing Time?
By Fox Rothschild LLP, Fox Rothschild LLP
Today, we welcome guest author Elizabeth G. Hodgson from our Exton, PA office. Elizabeth represents clients in a variety of industries, including food and beverage, Pennsylvania liquor licensing, startup and growth…