ARNOLD'S WINES, INC., d/b/a/ Kahn's Fine Wines & Spirits, Buy Rite, Inc., Doing Business as Crown Liquors, Joshua T. Block, Sharon Silber, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Daniel B. BOYLE, Chairman of the New York State Liquor Authority, in his official capacity, Lawrence J. Gedda, Commissioner of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, in his official capacity, New York State Liquor Authority, Defendants-Appellees,
Eber Brothers Wine & Liquor Corp., Charmer Industries, Inc., Metropolitan Package Store Associates, Inc., Intervenor-Defendants-Appellees.
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Argued: January 20, 2009.
Decided: July 1, 2009.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Peter E. Seidman, Milberg LLP, New York, NY, (Sanford P. Dumain, Milberg LLP, New York, NY, James A. Tanford, Indiana Univ. School of Law, Bloomington, IN, and Robert D. Epstein, Epstein Cohen Donahoe & Mendes, Indianapolis, IN, of counsel), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Richard P. Dearing, Assistant Solicitor General (Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, and Michael S. Belohlavek, Senior Counsel, Division of Appeals & Opinions, of counsel), for Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General of the State of New York, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.
John F. O'Mara, Davison & O'Mara, P.C., Elmira, N.Y. (Harris Beach PLLC, Pittsford, NY, of counsel), for Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee Eber Bros. Wine & Liquor Corp.
Howard Graff, Dickstein Shapiro LLP, New York, NY, for Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee Charmer Industries, Inc.
Alan J. Gardner, Verini & Gardner, New York, NY, for Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee Metropolitan Package Store Association, Inc.
Sarah L. Olson, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, LLP, Chicago, IL (Richard Harrison, Westerman Ball Ederer Miller & Sharfstein, LLP, Mineola, NY, of counsel), for Arthur J. DeCelle, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Beer Institute, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae The Beer Institute.
Anthony S. Kogut, Willingham & Coté, P.C., East Lansing, MI, for Amicus Curiae The American Beverage Licensees Association.
Carter G. Phillips, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C. (Jacqueline G. Cooper, Sidley Austin, LLP, Washington D.C., Craig Wolf, Joanne Moak, and Karin Moore, Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America, Inc., Washington, D.C., of counsel), for Amici Curiae Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America, Inc., National Beer Wholesalers Association, and Sazerac Company.
Before: WALKER, CALABRESI, and WESLEY, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
WESLEY, Circuit Judge:
This case asks us to chart a course between two constitutional provisions that delineate the boundaries of a state's power to regulate commerce, one an express grant, the other an implied limitation. Section 2 of the Twenty-first Amendment provides: "The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited...
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