TFWS, INC. v. SCHAEFER

No. 02-1199.

325 F.3d 234 (2003)

TFWS, Incorporated, t/a Beltway Fine Wine and Spirits, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William Donald SCHAEFER, in his official capacity as Comptroller of the Treasury of the State of Maryland; Charles W. Ehart, in his official capacity as Administrator of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Unit of the Comptroller of the State of Maryland, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 31, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: William James Murphy, Murphy & Shaffer, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. Steven Marshall Sullivan, Assistant Attorney General, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: John J. Connolly, Murphy & Shaffer, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, Andrew H. Baida, Solicitor General, Meredyth Smith Andrus, Assistant Attorney General, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Before LUTTIG, MICHAEL, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.


Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge MICHAEL wrote the opinion, in which Judge LUTTIG and Judge TRAXLER joined.

OPINION

MICHAEL, Circuit Judge:

This case is on its second trip to this court. TFWS, Inc., a large liquor retailer in Maryland, is suing the State Comptroller to obtain a declaration that certain Maryland regulations governing the wholesale pricing of liquor and wine violate the Sherman Act. When the case was before us the first...

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