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MEMPHIS PUB. CO. v. LEECH

No. 82-2138-M.

539 F.Supp. 405 (1982)

MEMPHIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, d/b/a the Commercial Appeal and Memphis Press-Scimitar, Michael Grehl, Editor of the Commercial Appeal, and Milton R. Britten, Editor of the Memphis Press-Scimitar, Plaintiffs, v. William L. LEECH, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter of the State of Tennessee, Defendant.

United States District Court, W. D. Tennessee, W. D.

May 13, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter P. Armstrong, Jr., Fred M. Ridolphi, Jr., Jon P. McCalla, S. Russell Headrick, Armstrong, Allen, Braden, Goodman, McBride & Prewitt, Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiffs; Bruce W. Sanford, Lee J. Levine, Elizabeth R. Moore, Baker & Hostetler, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Robert B. Littleton, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen. for Litigation, Nashville, Tenn., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM DECISION

McRAE, Chief Judge.

This case presents the question whether the Commerce Clause, Equal Protection Clause, or First Amendment of the Constitution are violated by a Tennessee statute requiring certain newspapers in Tennessee to include within advertisements for alcoholic beverages sold by retailers in states other than Tennessee a warning stating the illegality and potential consequences of transporting alcoholic beverages into Tennessee...

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