CASANOVA BEV. v. COM'R OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Nos. C3-91-2319, C3-91-2336.

486 N.W.2d 448 (1992)

CASANOVA BEVERAGE CO., INC., Respondent, v. COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SAFETY, Respondent (C3-91-2319), Appellant (C3-91-2336), Seagram Sales Corporation, a/k/a The House of Seagram, Appellant (C3-91-2319), Respondent (C3-91-2336).

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied August 4, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cort C. Holten, Jeanette A. Frederickson, Chestnut & Brooks, P.A., Minneapolis, for Casanova Beverage Co., Inc.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Linda F. Close, Deputy Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for Com'r of Public Safety respondent C3-91-2319, appellant C3-91-2336.

Richard G. Wilson, Mary R. Vasaly, Minneapolis, for appellant C3-91-2319, respondent C3-91-2336.

Considered and decided by LANSING, P.J., and NORTON and DAVIES, JJ.


OPINION

DAVIES, Judge.

Appellants challenge the trial court's interpretation of Minnesota's liquor control laws as requiring the sale of liquor to a wholesaler even though that wholesaler intends to ship the liquor to another state for sale in that state. We reverse.

FACTS

Respondent Casanova is a liquor wholesaler with licenses and places of business in both Minnesota and Wisconsin. Appellants are the Minnesota Department of Public Safety...

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