SIESTA VILLAGE MARKET, LLC v. PERRY

Civil Action Nos. 3:06-CV-0585-D, 4:06-CV-0232-D.

530 F.Supp.2d 848 (2008)

SIESTA VILLAGE MARKET, LLC, d/b/a Siesta Market, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Rick PERRY, Governor of Texas, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Texas, Dallas Division.

January 14, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Tanford (argued), Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, IN, Michael J. Donahoe, Robert D. Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Cohen, Donahoe & Mendes, Indianapolis, IN, William M. Boyd, Boyd & Veigel, McKinney, TX, for plaintiffs Siesta Village Market, LLC, Ken Travis, ken Gallinger, Maureen Gallinger, Dr. Robert Brockie.

Kenneth W. Starr (argued), James F. Basile, Tracy K. Genesen, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA, Mark C. Harwell, Cotham Harwell & Evans, Houston, TX, Sterling W. Steves, Fort Worth, TX, for plaintiffs Wine Country Gift Baskets.com, K&L Wine Merchants, Beverages & More, Inc., David L. Tapp, Ronald L. Parrish, Jeffrey R. Davis.

Greg Abbott, Atty. Gen., of Texas, Kent C. Sullivan, David S. Morales, Robert B. O'Keefe, James C. Todd (argued), Office of Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, for defendants Rick Perry, Greg Abbott, John T. Steen, Jr., Gail Madden, Jose Cuevas, Jr., Alan Steen.

Dee J. Kelly (argued), Marshall M. Searcy, Jr., William N. Warren, Kelly, Hart & Hallman, LLP, Fort Worth, TX, fox'. intervenors Glazer's Wholesale Drug Co., Inc., Republic Beverage Co.


SIDNEY A. FITZWATER, Chief Judge.

These are consolidated actions in which plaintiffs challenge various provisions of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code ("Code") as unconstitutional under the dormant Commerce Clause because they preclude out-of-state wine retailers from selling and shipping wine to Texas consumers. Intervenors — two Texas-licensed wine wholesalers — defend the constitutionality of the challenged Code provisions, and they assert claims...

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