Archive for the ‘Wine Legal Battles’ Category
How interesting that the Granholm v. Heald Supreme Court decision of 2005 will play a small role in the confirmation process of Justice Sonia Sotomayor to Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. At this point it appears the decision will play only a small role. But here are the details. In 2004 Justice Sotomayor was part of a three judge panel of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals that found New York's discriminatory posture toward out-of-state wine shippers to be…
Recently at the eRobertparker forum, Mr. Parker himself suggested that he could have no impact in changing laws concerning consumer access to wine. He wrote: "I would have a better chance of raising the dead from their graves than changing a totally corrupt system where the beer and liquor distributors have their respective politicians right where they want them…in their pockets….and then factor in 50 separate states….yeah….totally disgusting and about as anti-wine consumer as it gets….but let's not ignore history….those…
Forgive me for being a deconstructionist so early in the day. But sometimes I can't help myself. At the recent Wine & Spirit Wholesalers Association Annual Convention that organization's leader told the gathering of wholesalers the following: “Within the industry it is no secret that we are the most vibrant, innovative and consumer friendly – yet responsible and accountable –system of distribution in the world. And now our voice is being heard." First things first. Wolf was referring to the…
As a follow up to a post on the total amount of campaign contributions alcohol wholesalers and distributors gave to Illinois State politicians in 2008, below is a list of TOTAL STATE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS BY ALCOHOL WHOLESALERS AND DISTRIBUTORS BY STATE.Factors such as the state of the economy reduced the amount given from the last election cycle. These figures come from www.followthemoney.org. The total is $8,594,204. Sixty-four percent of this total is attributable to contributions in CA, FL, IL, MI…
I have been for quite some time convinced that the single most important factor in determining whose interests are represented by the Governing Class is campaign contribution. I believe this is the case whether you consider the issue of Gun Control, Taxation, Environmental Policy and, especially, Alcohol regulation. To that end, I thought it time to use a few posts to shine the light on how campaign contributions by alcohol interests are dispersed in various key states. In this post…
