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122502P.pdf   09/25/2013  Southern Wine & Spirits  v.  Division of Alcohol & Tobacco
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  12-2502
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Jefferson City   
[PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Shepherd, Circuit Judge, and Rose, District Judge] Civil case - Constitutional law. Residency requirement applicable to the wholesale tier of Missouri's liquor distribution system, which is otherwise impermissible under Commerce Clause jurisprudence, is authorized by Section 2 of the Twenty-first Amendment; the Division established a sufficient basis for the residency requirement which is meaningfully tied to the aim of the Twenty-first Amendment; the requirement has a rational basis and does not deprive plaintiff of equal protection of the laws under the Fourteenth Amendment.