United States Fourth Circuit

North Carolina's Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) laws unconstitution-ally discriminate against out-of-state wine manufacturers and sellers. The district court's remedy striking down the core provisions of North Carolina's direct-shipment prohibitions is vacated.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/08/2003
• Published 04/08/2003

Judges

• Before NIEMEYER, LUTTIG, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  James Peeler Smith, Special Deputy Attorney General, North Carolina Department of Justice, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellants.  James Alexander Tanford, Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana, for Appellees. ON BRIEF:  Roy Cooper, Attorney General of North Carolina, Isaac Avery, Special Deputy Attorney General, Amy Yonowitz, Assistant Attorney General, Brian Blankenship, Assistant Attorney General, North Carolina Department of Justice, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellants.  Robert D. Epstein, Epstein & Frisch, Indianapolis, Indiana, for Appellees.  James M. Goldberg, Goldberg & Associates, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Beverage Control Association, et al.  Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Irene M. Mead, Assistant Attorney General, Michigan Department of Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Amicus Curiae Michigan.  Louis R. Cohen, C. Boyden Gray, Scott A. Shepard, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C.;  M. Craig Wolf, Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America, Inc., Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Wholesalers, et al.   Clint Bolick, William H. Mellor, Steven M. Simpson, Institute for Justice, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Swedenburg, et al.  Tracy S. Carlin, Foley & Lardner, Jacksonville, Florida;  Kevin M. Fong, Pillsbury Winthrop, L.L.P., San Francisco, California, for Amici Curiae Winemakers, et al.