LEBAMOFF ENTERPRISES INC.; Joseph Doust; Jack Stride; Jack Schulz; Richard Donovan, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
Gretchen WHITMER; Dana Nessel; Pat Gagliardi, Defendants-Appellants (18-2199),
Michigan Beer & Wine Wholesalers Association, Intervenor Defendant-Appellant (18-2200).
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Argued: March 12, 2020.
Decided and Filed: April 21, 2020.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
ARGUED: Mark G. Sands , MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for State of Michigan Appellants. Deborah A. Skakel , BLANK ROME LLP, New York, New York, for Intervening Appellants. James A. Tanford, EPSTEIN, COHEN, SEIF & PORTER, LLP, Indianapolis, Indiana, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Mark G. Sands , Melinda A. Leonard , Donald S. McGehee , MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for State of Michigan Appellants. Deborah A. Skakel , BLANK ROME LLP, New York, New York, Curtis R. Hadley , Anthony S. Kogut , WILLINGHAM & COTÉ, P.C., East Lansing, Michigan, for Intervening Appellants. James A. Tanford , Robert D. Epstein , EPSTEIN, COHEN, SEIF & PORTER, LLP, Indianapolis, Indiana, for Appellees. John C. Neiman, Jr. , MAYNARD COOPER & GALE P.C., Birmingham, Alabama, Sean O'Leary , O'LEARY LAW AND POLICY GROUP, LLC, Elmhurst, Illinois, Deanne E. Maynard , MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP, Washington, D.C., Scott A. Keller , BAKER BOTTS LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae.
SUTTON, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which McKEAGUE and DONALD, JJ., joined. McKEAGUE, J. (pp. 877-79), delivered a separate concurring opinion in which DONALD, J., joined.
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
The parties agree that the Twenty-first Amendment allows Michigan to distribute alcohol within its borders solely through a three-tier system, one composed of producers, wholesalers, and retailers. And the parties agree that Michigan may impose all manner of regulations on its wholesalers (e.g., that...
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