Legal Opinion
Mass. Fine Wines & Spirits, LLC v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Comm'n
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 24, 2019No. SJC-12654PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGants, C.J.
**683Under 204 Code Mass. Regs. § 2.04(1) (1993), a regulation promulgated by the alcoholic beverages control commission (commission), a licensed retailer of alcoholic beverages shall not "sell or offer to sell any alcoholic beverages at a price less than invoiced cost," with "[c]ost ... defined as net cost **684appearing on the invoice for said alcoholic beverage."2 Here, the licensed retailer at issue, Massachusetts Fine Wines & Spirits, LLC, doing business as Total Wine & More (Total Wine), sold bottles of liquor and wine at prices that were below the cost listed on the invoices for its…
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- Greater Boston Television Corp. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Container Corporation of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Levy v. Board of Registration & Discipline in MedicineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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