AMERICAN BEVERAGE ASS'N v. SNYDER

No. 11-2097.

700 F.3d 796 (2012)

AMERICAN BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Rick SNYDER, Bill Schuette, and Andrew Dillon, Defendants-Appellees, Michigan Beer & Wine Wholesalers Association, Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 29, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Patricia A. Millett , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. John J. Bursch , Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, Anthony S. Kogut , Willingham & Coté, East Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Patricia A. Millett , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, D.C., Hyland Hunt , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Dallas, Texas, for Appellant. John J. Bursch , Margaret A. Nelson , Ann M. Sherman , Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, Anthony S. Kogut , Curtis R. Hadley , Willingham & Coté, East Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees. Cory L. Andrews , Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C., Helgi C. Walker, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae.

CLAY, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which SUTTON, J., and RICE, D.J., joined. SUTTON, J. (pp. 810-15), delivered a separate concurring opinion. RICE, D.J. (pp. 815-16), also filed a separate concurring opinion.


OPINION

CLAY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, the American Beverage Association ("Association"), appeals the district court's order granting summary judgment to Defendants, Governor Rick Snyder, Attorney General Bill Schuette, and Michigan Treasurer Andrew Dillon in their official capacities (collectively Defendants), and the Michigan Beer & Wine Wholesalers Association ("MBWWA"), which intervened in support of Defendants. Plaintiff argues that Mich. Comp...

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