In an opinion issued Tuesday, the court of appeals held that “the limited rights Texas has given its state-licensed retailers to make deliveries do not transgress the dormant Commerce Clause.” Adding: We now turn briefly to the separate provisions regarding personal importing. As mentioned before, Texas has placed a limit on the quantity of [...]
Today’s adult entertainment decisions
January 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A pair of decisions to start the week. “The town of Clarksville’s legal case against Theatair X was dismissed Monday as a judge ruled the town’s ordinance is not valid and therefore cannot be enforced,” reports the NewsAndTribune.com (which, oddly enough, is a “.net” Web site) here. The Clarksville Town Court held that the ordinance regulating sexually oriented [...]
Spirits Going Micro
January 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment
“First wine, then beer. Now even spirits get micro,” as reported in this article from The Mainichi Daily News. According to the article, Bill Owens of the American Distilling Institute estimates the number of small distilleries at just over 200, and growing by about 20 to 30 a year. They have sprouted up in more than three dozen [...]
There’s a cap for that
January 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
“Massachusetts officials appeal from an injunction against a 2006 Massachusetts statute establishing differential methods by which wineries distribute wines in Massachusetts, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, § 19F. The district court enjoined enforcement of § 19F on the ground that the law discriminates against interstate commerce in violation of the Commerce Clause of the United [...]
New Year, New Beginning
January 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
It’s a crime for a “Public Official” to accept a bribe. OK, we knew that. See 18 U.S.C. § 201(b)(2). A young man (Mr. Brownfield) who violated that federal statute was recently sentenced by Judge John L. Kane in Colorado’s district court. That young man owes his freedom to a fine jurist. And, of course, we owe [...]
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