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181846P.pdf 07/29/2019 Alexis Bailly Vineyard, Inc. v. John Harrington
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 18-1846
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis
[PUBLISHED] [Kobes, Author, with Shepherd and Erickson, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Minnesota Farm Wineries Act. The district court erred in
determining plaintiffs, Minnesota wineries, did not have standing to bring
a pre-enforcement challenge to the Minnesota Farm Wineries Act - Minn.
Stat. Sections 340A.201, 304A.401, requiring them to manufacture their
wine with a majority of the ingredients grown or produced in Minnesota;
the plaintiffs are the object of the Act and subject to future enforcement
actions brought by the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Public
Safety and thus have standing to challenge the Act's constitutionality;
plaintiffs have injuries traceable to the in-state requirement and their
injury can be redressed by a declaratory judgment.