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BROWN-FORMAN DISTILLERS CORP. v. N. Y. LIQUOR AUTH.

No. 84-2030.

476 U.S. 573 (1986)

BROWN-FORMAN DISTILLERS CORP. v. NEW YORK STATE LIQUOR AUTHORITY

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 3, 1986

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Macdonald Flinn argued the cause and filed briefs for appellant.

Lloyd Constantine, Assistant Attorney General of New York, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Robert Abrams, Attorney General, Robert Hermann, Solicitor General, and August L. Fietkau, Richard G. Liskov, and Christopher Keith Hall, Assistant Attorneys General.*

Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the National Conference of State Legislatures et al. by Benna Ruth Solomon; and for Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America, Inc., by Michael Whiteman, Douglas W. Metz, and Abraham Tunick.

JUSTICE MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

The State of New York requires every liquor distiller or producer that sells liquor to wholesalers within the State to sell at a price that is no higher than the lowest price the distiller charges wholesalers anywhere else in the United States. The issue in this case is whether that requirement violates the Commerce Clause of the Constitution.

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New York extensively regulates the sale and distribution...

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