Article: The First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Maine's alcohol regulation system stating that "there is simply no evidence that out-of-state wineries suffer any disproportionate loss of business on account of Maine's direct-shipping ban.".(Business Briefs)

Article: 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Overturns Texas Wine ...
Business Wire;  June 27, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2003 The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals handed winery and consumer ... today. Yesterday's ruling by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals confirmed that Texas' ban ... The decision conflicts with the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling, and creates a legal ...

Article: Coalition for Free Trade Applauds 6th Circuit Court ...
Business Wire;  August 28, 2003 ;     633 words ... ... WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2003 The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that Michigan ... choice in wine this year; the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a similar ruling ... to 26. Favorable rulings in the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals led to legislative solutions ...

Article: Va. Winery Takes Aim At N.Y. Shipping Ban
The Washington Post;  April 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... set aside his ruling pending an appeal to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. This month, a federal judge in North Carolina ... in more than half a dozen similar suits. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, for instance, upheld Indiana's ban on direct ...

Article: Texas Shipping Ban Ruled Unconstitutional: ...
Business Wire;  July 18, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... original ruling in February 2000. On April 5, U.S. District Court Judge Graham C. Mullen ruled that North Carolina's shipping ban was unconstitutional. On March 29, U.S. District Court Judge Williams struck down Virginia's ban on interstate wine ...

Article: Shipping ban fails to squeeze gift-fruit sales.
Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL);  December 12, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... shown during past freezes, droughts and hurricanes. "Hopefully next year, these rules will be relaxed." The federal shipping ban was imposed earlier this year to protect other citrus states from the remote chance that canker might spread from Florida ...

Article: Shipping ban riles fish farmers
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  November 3, 2006 ;     517 words ...JOHN FLESHER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 11-03-2006 Shipping ban riles fish farmers -- Critics fear for Great Lakes industry By JOHN FLESHER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Date: 11-03-2006, Friday ...

Article: Vintners oppose shipping ban repeal
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  March 31, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... the pending lawsuit, in which a Bangor doctor and an Oregon vineyard are seeking to bar state officials from enforcing the shipping ban. According to the plaintiffs, the state law violates constitutional protections on interstate commerce because Maine consumers ...