Michigan open for business!!

Friday court ruling directed the state to allow out-of-state retailers to ship wine to Michigan consumers.
K & L, re-open my account!

Aw crap.

and Illinois going the opposite direction

Are we in the same district ?

As if I need another reason to get outta this ILL state…

Wow do I need to retire back to where I am from…GB?

Cheers,
JP

Nope. Not even in the same circuit

I don’t think it is going to be this easy. My concern has always been that a case would be brought, MI would lose on the basis of discrimination/interstate commerce clause as they did in the Granholm Vs. Heald case. MI would appeal, lose again, and in response, they would simply say “No retailer can ship anywhere in MI, whether they are located in MI or not” thus they are not discriminating and they protect the three-tier fiefdom. ***Please note, I am not an attorney nor do I play one on TV.

I just don’t see the MI distributors/retailers rolling over that easily…but man do I hope I’m wrong.

There’s another active thread on this with more analysis: Supreme Ct to hear another wine shipping case - WINE TALK - WineBerserkers

bump/merge em up’

Whats happening in Illinois, not seen any difference yet

Hooray… the protectionist wine distributorships in Michigan took it on the chin…

Spectator has an excellent article…Michigan Court Overturns Ban on Wine Retailer Direct Shipping | Wine Spectator

The other thread has a bunch of whiney bloggers spoutin off…