Legal Opinion
Jelovsek v. Bredesen
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 24, 2008No. 07-5443, 07-5524PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ALAN E. NORRIS, Circuit Judge.
These consolidated cases ask the question whether Tennessee laws governing the wine industry violate the dormant commerce clause of the Constitution. This is one of several lawsuits filed across the country after the Supreme Court invalidated wine-related laws in Michigan and New York which allowed only in-state wineries to sell and ship wine directly to consumers. Granholm v. Heald, 544 U.S. 460, 125 S.Ct. 1885, 161 L.Ed.2d 796 (2005).
The plaintiffs-appellants include Tennessee residents Frederick Jelovsek and Martin Reddish, individual oenophiles who…
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