Legal Opinion
Serlin Wine & Spirit Merchants, Inc. v. Healy
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided April 15, 1981No. Civ. B-80-297, B-80-280PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DALY, District Judge.
RULING ON CROSS MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
In these consolidated cases 1 plaintiffs seek to have Connecticut’s Liquor Control Act, Conn.Gen.Stat.Ann. § 30-1 et seq., as amended, declared unconstitutional, claiming it to be in violation of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. 2 Specifically, plaintiffs claim that Connecticut’s statutorily mandated pricing scheme constitutes illegal price-fixing and resale price maintenance in violation of section 1.
Connecticut has what may be characterized as a tripartite pricing mechanism establishing the method by which liquor prices…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Craig v. BorenSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Parker v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Wisconsin v. ConstantineauSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Bates v. State Bar of ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Goldfarb v. Virginia State BarSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Jack R. Battipaglia and Bacchus Selections Inc. v. New York State Liquor Authority, Peerless Importers Inc., Defendant-IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Morgan v. Division of Liquor ControlCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- United States Brewers Ass'n, Inc. v. HealyDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1982
- Ciminelli v. CablevisionDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1984
- John T. Morgan, Stuart J. Filler, Charles A. Heckman, and David S. King v. Division of Liquor Control, Department of Business Regulation, State of Connecticut, Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Conn., Inc., Connecticut Package Stores Association, Inc., Connecticut Beer Wholesalers, Inc., Intervenors. Mountain Top Liquors, Inc., Clifford Atkin, Permittee a & P Package Store, David O'brien, Sr., Permittee Old Mystic Wine Cellar, Charles P. Hamm, Permittee v. John F. Healy, Louis A. Sidoli, David L. Snyder, Charles Kasmer, in Their Capacity as Members or Employees of the State of Connecticut and the Division of Liquor Control, Department of Business Regulation, Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Conn., Inc., Connecticut Package Stores Association, Inc., Connecticut Beer Wholesalers, Inc., IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
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