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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.