MT. HOOD BEVERAGE CO. v. CONSTELLATION BRANDS, INC.

No. 72882-8.

63 P.3d 779 (2003)

MT. HOOD BEVERAGE COMPANY, an Oregon corporation; Donaghy Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a B & F Corporation; Empire Beverage, Inc., a Washington corporation; Black Hills Distributing Company, a Washington corporation; Dickerson Distributors, Inc., a Washington corporation; Clark Distributing Company, a Washington corporation; Alaska Distributors, Inc., d/b/a Western Washington Beverage, a Washington corporation; Cammarano Brothers, Inc., a Washington corporation; and Stein Distributing, Inc., a Washington corporation, Appellants, v. CONSTELLATION BRANDS, INC., d/b/a Canandaigua Wine Company, a Delaware corporation; and Canandaigua Wine Company, Inc., a New York corporation, Respondents, Alaska Distributors Company, Appellant, v. Sebastiani Vineyards, Inc., d/b/a Turner Road Vinters, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided February 20, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eisenhower & Carlson, Robert Baronsky, Tracey Thompson, Seattle; Brynes & Keller, Paul Taylor, Karen Chiu, Seattle, for Appellants.

Tousley Brain PLCC, Christopher Brain, Michael Daudt, Seattle, for Respondents.


JOHNSON, J.

These consolidated cases require us to determine whether Chapter 19.126 RCW, which regulates the contractual rights and obligations of wine suppliers and distributors to one another, violates the dormant commerce clause by unfairly discriminating against out-of-state suppliers, and, if so, whether the twenty-first amendment to the United States Constitution prevents it from being struck down.

We affirm...

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