Posts from the North Dakota Category
It’s Not Easy Being Green…But Electronic Filing Makes It Easier
Image, “Office Paper, 2007″ by Chris Jordan. June 5th was World Environment Day. And in honor of the wonderful planet on which we live, here’s a look at how some states are doing their part to make it easy for direct-to-consumer wine shippers to be eco-friendly. Generally speaking, businesses are looking to become greener; it [...]
June 9th, 2008
It's Not Easy Being Green…But Electronic Filing Makes It Easier
Image, “Office Paper, 2007″ by Chris Jordan. June 5th was World Environment Day. And in honor of the wonderful planet on which we live, here’s a look at how some states are doing their part to make it easy for direct-to-consumer wine shippers to be eco-friendly. Generally speaking, businesses are looking to become greener; it [...]
June 9th, 2008
Six Veils Out of Seven: Retailer Shipments Under Granholm
On January 14, 2008, a district court in Texas rendered a mostly pro-trade decision in Siesta Village Market, LLC v. Perry that clarified much, but danced around the hottest issue, leaving the final veil in place. The case upholds the basic Specialty Wine Retailers contention that a state that allows its retailers to deliver to [...]
January 30th, 2008
Six Veils Out of Seven: Retailer Shipments Under Granholm
On January 14, 2008, a district court in Texas rendered a mostly pro-trade decision in Siesta Village Market, LLC v. Perry that clarified much, but danced around the hottest issue, leaving the final veil in place. The case upholds the basic Specialty Wine Retailers contention that a state that allows its retailers to deliver to [...]
January 30th, 2008
Wrong, but Not Surprising: A Loss in Extending Granholm to Shipments by Retailers
The recent decision in Arnold’s Wines, Inc. v. Boyle, Docket No. 06 Civ. 3357 (Southern District of NY, Sept. 9, 2007), which upholds New York’s requirement that retailers be located within the state to sell and ship to New York residents, illustrates the difficulty of separating dictum from holding in the Granholm case. (See the [...]
