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Article: Direct Shipping Issue May Go to US Supreme Court.(Coalition for Free Trade)
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- May 21, 2004
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With February's decision by the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals upholding New York's prohibition on interstate wine shipments, the debate over direct shipping may be headed for the Supreme Court. Two circuits have now upheld direct shipment prohibitions (7th Circuit upheld Indiana's law), while four circuits (Texas, North Carolina, Virginia and Michigan) have struck them down.
The latest development is disagreement over whether the time is right for review by the Supreme Court. The Institute for Justice, a Washington, D.C.-based interest group representing consumers and wineries in the New York case, recently filed a Petition for Certiorari asking the Supreme Court ...