Bolick v. Danielson, 02-1367.
| Decision Date | 23 May 2003 |
| Docket Number | No. 02-1368.,No. 02-1367.,02-1367.,02-1368. |
| Parties | Clint BOLICK; Robin B. Heatwole; Dry Comal Creek Vineyards, a Texas Corporation; Hood River Vineyards, an Oregon Sole Proprietorship; Miura Vineyards, a California Limited Liability Company, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Vernon M. DANIELSON, Chairman, Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control; Warren Barry, Commissioner, Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control; Esther M. Vassar, Commissioner, Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, Defendants-Appellants, and Virginia Wine Wholesalers Association, Incorporated, Intervenor/Defendant, Martha Blevins Brissette, Amicus Curiae, State of Michigan; Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America, Incorporated; National Association of Beverage Retailers; American Beverage Licensees; National Beer Wholesalers Association; Coalition of Licensed Beverage Associations; Presidents' Forum of the Beverage Alcohol Industry; National Alcohol Beverage Control Association, Incorporated; National Conference of State Liquor Administrators, Amici Curiae in support of Appellants, Virginia Wineries Association; Juanita Swedenburg; David Lucas; The Lucas Winery; Swedenburg Winery; Family Winemakers of California; Coalition for Free Trade, Amici Curiae in support of Appellees, and Virginia Vineyards Association, Movant. Clint Bolick; Robin B. Heatwole; Dry Comal Creek Vineyards, a Texas Corporation; Hood River Vineyards, an Oregon Sole Proprietorship; Miura Vineyards, a California Limited Liability Company, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Vernon M. Danielson, Chairman, Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control; Warren Barry, Commissioner, Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control; Esther M. Vassar, Commissioner, Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, Defendants, and Virginia Wine Wholesalers Association, Incorporated, Intervenor-Appellant, Martha Blevins Brissette, Amicus Curiae, State of Michigan; Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America, Incorporated; National Association of Beverage Retailers; American Beverage Licensees; National Beer Wholesalers Association; Coalition of Licensed Beverage Associations; Presidents' Forum of the Beverage Alcohol Industry; National Alcohol Beverage Control Association, Incorporated; National Conference of State Liquor Administrators; Martha Blevins Brissette; Virginia Wineries Association; Juanita Swedenburg; David Lucas; The Lucas Winery; Swedenburg Winery; Family Winemakers of California; Coalition for Free Trade, Amici Curiae in support of Appellees, and Virginia Vineyards Association, Movant. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Fourth Circuit |
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond. Richard L. Williams, Senior District Judge. (CA-99-755)
ARGUED: Ernest Gellhorn, Law Office of Ernest Gellhorn, Washington, D.C.; William Eugene Thro, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia, for Appellants. Daniel Roy Ortiz, University Of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: William H. Hurd, George W. Chabalewski, Office of the Attorney General Of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia; Walter A. Marston, Jr., Reed Smith, L.L.P., Richmond, Virginia George E. Kostel, Reed Smith, L.L.P., Falls Church, Virginia, for Appellants. Matthew S. Hale, Newport News, Virginia, for Appellees. Martha Blevins Brissette, Richmond, Virginia, Amicus Curiae. Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Irene M. Mead, Assistant Attorney General, Michigan Department of Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Amicus Curiae Michigan. Louis R. Cohen, C. Boyden Gray, Scott A. Shepard, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C.; M. Craig Wolf, Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America, Inc., Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Wholesalers, et al., James M. Goldberg, Goldberg & Associates, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Beverage Control Association, et al. Mark B. Rhoads, Dana J. Finberg, McCandlish Holton, P.C., Richmond, Virginia, for Amicus Curiae Virginia Wineries. William H. Mellor, Steven M. Simpson, Institute for Justice, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Swedenburg, et al. Tracy S. Carlin, Foley & Lardner, Jacksonville, Florida; Kevin M. Fong, Pillsbury Winthrop, L.L.P., San Francisco, California, for Amici Curiae Winemakers, et al.
Before NIEMEYER, LUTTIG, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
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