California Court of Appeal

As applied to labels on bottled wine destined for shipment into interstate and foreign commerce, Business and Professions Code section 25241 is preempted by federal regulations and federal certificates of label approval.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/18/2002
• Published 12/18/2002

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, Jerome B. Falk, Jr., San Francisco, Steven L. Mayer;  Ropes & Gray, Peter M. Brody for Petitioners., Dickenson, Peatman & Fogarty, Richard P. Mendelson and Deborah E. Quick, Napa;  Horvitz & Levy, Ellis J. Horvitz, Encino;  Kathleen M. Sullivan for Intervener.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Miguel A. Neri, Fiel Tigno, Supervising Deputy Attorneys General, Terry Senne, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondents.