Legal Opinion
44 Liquor Mart, Inc. v. Racine
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided August 10, 1993No. Civ. A. 92-0115 PPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
PETTINE, Senior District Judge.
The case presents the question whether R.I.G.L. §§ 3-8-7 1 and 3-8-8.1, 2 and Regulation 32 of the Rhode Island Liquor Control Administration, 3 which collectively prohibit off-premises advertising of the prices at which liquor stores sell alcoholic beverages, violate the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Jurisdiction is premised on 28 U.S.C. § 1331 and 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
For the reasons stated below, I hold these provisions invalid as an unconstitutional burden upon protected commercial speech.
I. BACKGROUND
Plaintiff 44 Liquor…
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