WAL-MART STORES v. TEXAS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COM'N

No. 18-50299.

935 F.3d 362 (2019)

WAL-MART STORES, INCORPORATED; Wal-Mart Stores Texas, L.L.C.; Sam's East, Incorporated; Quality Licensing Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees Cross-Appellants v. TEXAS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMMISSION; Kevin Lilly, Presiding Officer of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission; Ida Clement Steen, Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees Texas Package Stores Association, Incorporated, Movant-Appellant Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed August 15, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal Manne , Alexander L. Kaplan , Michael Craig Kelso , Chanler Ashton Langham , Susman Godfrey, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Steven Shepard , Susman Godfrey, L.L.P., New York, NY, Mark T. Mitchell , Foley Gardere, Austin, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant.

Rance Craft , Assistant Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee.

G. Alan Waldrop , Ryan D. V. Greene , Terrill & Waldrop, Austin, TX, for Movant-Appellant Cross-Appellee.

Harry Arthur Herzog , Herzog & Carp, Katy, TX, for Amicus Curiae Spec's Family Partners, Limited.

Michael L. Navarre , Beatty Navarre Strama, P.C., Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas.

Michael Madigan , Madigan, Dahl & Harlan, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for Amicus Curiae National Beer Wholesalers Association.

Gregg R. Kronenberger , Kronenberger Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Austin, TX, Anthony Stanley Kogut , Willingham & Cote, P.C., East Lansing, MI, for Amici Curiae American Beverage Licensees and Presidents' Forum of the Distilled Spirits Industry.

Jeff Rowes , Staff Attorney, Institute for Justice, Texas Chapter, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Institute for Justice.

Daniel Ortner , Counsel, Lawrence G. Salzman , Erin Elizabeth Wilcox , Attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, for Amici Curiae Pacific Legal Foundation and Retail Litigation Center.

Before DAVIS, HAYNES, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.


Plaintiff-Appellee Wal-Mart Stores, Incorporated and three of its subsidiaries (collectively, "Walmart"), brought 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims against the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and three of its commissioners (collectively, the "TABC"), to challenge four Texas...

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