Legal Opinion
Massachusetts Food Ass'n v. Sullivan
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided January 6, 1999No. Civ.A. 98-11175-DPWPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WOODLOCK, District Judge.
The Massachusetts Food Association and several retail chains have brought this suit against the members of the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission challenging the legality and constitutionality of a portion of Mass.Gen.Laws ch. 138, § 15. The plaintiffs assert that section 15’s directive restricting to three the number of retail liquor licenses that any one individual or entity can possess in Massachusetts violates the federal Sherman Antitrust Act and therefore is invalid under the Supremacy Clause of the United States…
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