Lawsuit Seeks to Deregulate Wine Shipments

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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A lawsuit is seeking to ease restrictions on importing wine to Ohio customers.

Woo Hooo!

[Stone]

Read the 21st Amendement, and don't get your hopes up.

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Oh, I know.

But it is a step into a better direction!

[Carema]

Beans we will get you your Aubry yet!

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[tjaehnigen]

As more states cave and allow their citizens to purchase wine for direct delivery, more states will follow suit. I am hoping for NY or NJ to happen -- as soon as they do, you'll see lots of other states join in.

[Rail Paul]

NJ is facing a suit now, according to wine spectator. The basis of the suit is three-fold:

An Orthodox Jewish person is unable to obtain the exact wine needed for his personal expression from NJ vendors

NJ permits the import of small quantities of wine by travelers, but denies them a right to have that same small interstate quantity shipped. Potentially ADA sensitive, since a physically challenged person might not be able to carry the bottles.

UPS and FedEx are authorized to deliver intra-state shipments (NJ to NJ) but denied the opportunity to deliver interstate (PA to NJ) even though the signature, minors, etc issues don't differ. It was this argument which caused the NC statutes to be returned to the legislature by the very conservative Richmond circuit.

(NY has a similar exposure for the same FedEx reason. The courts have been unwilling to allow states to grant local producers shipping considerations they deny an out of state producer.)

NJ Litigation