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The following is a collection of recent news reports on the Supreme Courts consideration of suits regarding direct shipping of alcoholic beverages. Keep in mind that this is mainly from a consumer bias. For a view from the other side go to the WSWA's recent press release.

 
Enews Monitor: Direct Shipping Module
Tuesday, December 7, 2004

Justices to debate mail-order wine (USA Today, By Richard Willing)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2004-12-07-wine-scotus_x.htm
 
 
 
A Case of Wine (Wall Street Journal) (Ed. Note: Paid Subscription Required)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB110238119568792739,00.html?mod=opinion%5Fmain%5Freview%5Fand%5Foutlooks
 
A Case of Sour Grapes (Los Angeles Times) (Ed. Note: Free Registration Required)
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-ed-wine7dec07,1,3616283.story
 
High court to review interstate wine shipping laws (CNN.com, By Bill Mears)
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/12/06/scotus.wine.shipments/
 
Supreme Court hears wine case (CBS MarketWatch, By Corbett B. Daly & William Spain)
http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BF2F8C7BB%2D2A5D%2D485B%2D9E2F%2D31ACF51AB227%7D&siteid=mktw&dist=
 
Supreme Court Questions Direct Wine Shipment Ban (Reuters, By James Vicini)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=7019681
 
Wine shipping laws under review (San Francisco Chronicle, By Carol Emert)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/12/07/BUGE2A7GCL1.DTL&type=business
 
Supreme Court should end legacy of Prohibition (San Francisco Chronicle, By K. Lloyd Billingsley)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/a/2004/12/07/EDGPAA65RD1.DTL
 
Wine shipments face their day in high court (Detroit Free Press, By Jennifer Dixon)
http://www.freep.com/news/mich/grapes7e_20041207.htm
 
 
Supreme Court hears direct wine sales case (just-drinks.com)
http://www.just-drinks.com/news_detail.asp?art=25480
 
The uncorking of online alcohol sales (CNet News.com, By Declan McCullagh)
http://news.com.com/The+uncorking+of+online+alcohol+sales/2100-1028_3-5479316.html?tag=cd.top
 
Court weighs out-of-state wine sales (United Press International)
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041207-101512-7092r.htm
 
Supreme Court to consider out-of-state wine shipments (The Business Review, By Chris Rauber)
http://albany.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2004/12/06/daily11.html?jst=b_ln_hl
 
 
High Court Reviews Out-of-State Wine Sales (Morning Edition)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4206245
 
Supreme Court Weighs Restrictions on Wine Sales (All Things Considered, Nina Totenberg reports)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4207340
 
 
 
Small wineries await Supreme Court decision (WTNH-TV, By News Channel 8's Jamie Muro)
http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=2656278&nav=3YeXTtDJ
 
Online wine sales, states' rights under high court's scrutiny (The Daily Reporter, By Jeremy Holden)
http://www.sourcenews.com/news/today/cdr_a.lasso
 
The Battle over Interstate Wine Shipments (Competitive Enterprise Institute)
http://cei.org/gencon/003,04312.cfm
 
Wine Industry Takes Its Case To The Supreme Court (Fox Reno.com)
http://www.foxreno.com/news/3977262/detail.html
 
Court takes case of interstate wine sales (The Providence Journal, By Bryan Rourke)
http://www.yorkdispatch.com/Stories/0,1413,138~10025~2581883,00.html#
 
A full-bodied vintage trial (U.S. News & World Report, By Betsy Streisand)
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/041213/biztech/13wine.htm