United States v. State of North Dakota, Robert E. Hanson, State Treasurer of North Dakota

HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

In this appeal we must pass upon the constitutionality of North Dakota's attempts to regulate the military’s purchase of alcoholic liquor from out-of-state suppliers. The State’s regulations require out-of-state suppliers to affix a label to each bottle of liquor destined for a military installation in North Dakota stating that the liquor is exclusively for consumption within the federal military enclave. In addition, each supplier must file a monthly report showing the quantity of liquor shipped into the State during the preceding month.1 While this is a case in…