BAINBRIDGE v. TURNER

Nos. 01-14688, 01-14734.

311 F.3d 1104 (2002)

Jerry BAINBRIDGE, Faye Bainbridge, Gene Bretoi, Betty E. Millinnix-Bretoi, et. al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Richard E. TURNER, Director of the Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the Department of Professional and Business Regulation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 8, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Nachwalter, David Henry Lichter, Scott E. Perwin, Kenny, Nachwalter, Seymour, Arnold & Critchlow, P.A., Miami, FL, Jonathan Alan Glogau, Tallahassee, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Michael J. Donahoe, Robert D. Epstein, Epstein & Frisch, Indianapolis, IN, James A. Tanford, Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, IN, John E. Thomas, Gardner, Wilkes, Shaheen, Candelora, Tampa, FL, Tracy K. Genesen, Foley & Lardner, Sacramento, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Kevin M. Fong, Pillsbury Winthrop, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Family Winemakers of Cal. and Coalition for Free, Amicus Curiae.

Jonathan E. Nuechterlein, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, for Nat. Alcohol Beverage Control Ass'n, Inc. and Nat. Conference of State Liquor Administrators, Amicus Curiae.

Louis R. Cohen, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, for Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America, Inc., Amicus Curiae.

Tracy S. Carlin, Foley & Lardner, Jacksonville, FL, John C. Dotterrer, Palm Beach, FL, James M. Goldberg, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae.

Before TJOFLAT, RONEY and COX, Circuit Judges.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

This case implicates the tension between the "dormant" aspect of the Commerce Clause1 and the Twenty-first Amendment.2 The primary question in this appeal is whether the State of Florida may prohibit out-of-state wineries from shipping their products directly to Florida consumers while permitting in-state wineries to do so. Appellants, who...

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