Justices Question Ban on Wine Sales From Out of State
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If the Supreme Court argument Tuesday on interstate wine sales proves to be a reliable roadmap to the eventual decision, consumers who want to order wine directly from
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The Supreme Court is considering whether states may bar people from buying wine directly from out-of-state suppliers, a big-money question that could lead to sweeping changes in how alcoholic beverages are regulated and sold.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned whether forest products giant Weyerhaeuser Co. drove a smaller competitor out of business by paying too much for logs that Weyerhaeuser allegedly didn't need.
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The United States wants a World  Trade Organization panel to arbitrate a dispute with India over  its wine and spirit import tariffs, the U.S. trade  representative said on Friday.
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The Supreme Court questioned whether state medical marijuana laws might be abused by people who aren&#39;t really sick as it debated on Monday whether the federal government can
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The US Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday involving two cases that could determine whether states can ban interstate, direct-to-consumer shipments of wine.
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A case before the US Supreme Court today could mean a wider market for Monterey County&#39;s smaller wineries, if the justices decide that states cannot prevent direct shipment of wine to consumers.
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The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide when local governments may seize people&#39;s homes and businesses against their will to make way for projects like shopping malls and hotel complexes that produce more tax revenue.
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A customer asked vintner Leon Santoro this week if he could ship a case of wine to the customer&#39;s home in New York. Not legally, replied Santoro, general manager of Orfila Vineyards &amp; Winery in Escondido.
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Justices expressed little inclination to view drug policy as an issue by which states can displace regulation of homegrown marijuana.
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PARIS -- Wine ads in France, once restricted to little more than a photo of the bottle, could boast about smell, taste, and color under a compromise approved unanimously by parliament's upper house. The amendment aims to settle a battle between struggling vintners and anti-alcoholism campaigners over a 1991 law limiting ads to dry information on name, manufacturer, alcohol content, ...
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The U.S. Supreme Court debated on Wednesday whether taxpayers can contest the use of government funds for church-related activities, with examples about presidential travel to address religious groups and bagels served at prayer breakfasts.
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Peter Saltonstall, who owns Kings Ferry Winery in New York&#39;s Finger Lakes region, left the US Supreme Court yesterday feeling good.
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Can states allow residents to use marijuana for medical reasons when the federal government says no? That is the question being currently debated by the justices
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The US Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case that could have a major impact on California&#39;s wine industry. At issue is whether states can bar people from buying wine directly from out-of-state suppliers.
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Pressure mounted to cut import duties on wine and spirits after the United States said it had joined the European Union in asking the World Trade Organization to intervene in the matter. Mariann Fischer Boel, the agriculture commissioner for the union, who was in New Delhi, was set to meet the Indian commerce minister, Kamal Nath, to press the issue. On Tuesday, the United States trade representative, Susan C. Schwab, said Washington had filed a complaint with the W.T.O. on the tariffs, which are seen abroad as unfair trade barriers. Indiaâs basic import duties of 100 percent on wine and 150 percent on spirits are within the W.T.O. limits, but federal surcharges and state-level taxes take the tariff up to 540 percent in some cases.
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WASHINGTON The US Supreme Court was told today that state laws barring people from buying wine directly from out-of-state suppliers should be struck down as unconstitutional.