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KENDALL-JACKSON WINERY, LTD. v. BRANSON

Nos. 99 C 3813, 99 C 4312, 99 C 4998.

82 F.Supp.2d 844 (2000)

KENDALL-JACKSON WINERY, LTD., Plaintiff, v. Leonard L. BRANSON, et al., Defendants. Jim Beam Brands Co, a Delaware corporation, d/b/a Peak Wines International, Plaintiff, v. Leonard L. Branson, et al., Defendants. Sutter Home Winery, Inc., Plaintiff, v. Leonard L. Branson, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

January 3, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin A. Russell, David S. Foster, Patrick E. Gibbs, Latham & Watkins, Chicago, IL, for Kendall-Jackson Winery, Ltd.

Thomas A. Toppolo, Mary Therese Nagel, Illinois Atty. General's Office, Chicago, IL, for Leonard L. Branson, Don W. Adams, J.M. Hogan, Irving J. Koppel, Myrna E. Pederson.

Michael M. Conway, Michael Andrew Ficaro, John L. Rogers, Jeremiah Marsh, Hopkins & Sutter, P.C., Chicago, IL, David S. Americus Eugene E. Gozdecki, Gozdecki and DelGiudice, Chicago, IL, for Wirtz Corp.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GOTTSCHALL, District Judge.

The plaintiffs in these three related actions are suppliers of wine. They claim that the recently passed Illinois Wine and Spirits Industry Fair Dealing Act, 1999 Public Act 91-2 [hereinafter "the Fair Dealing Act" or "the Act"], is unconstitutional as violative of the Contracts and dormant Commerce Clauses of the United States Constitution. The defendants are the members of the Illinois Liquor...

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