Southern Wine and Spirits loses Missouri case in which it challenged residency requirement
Southern Wine & Spirits’ challenge of a residency requirement for Missouri wholesalers was dealt a blow Wednesday as the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s ruling in the state’s favor.
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That ruling is kind of ridiculous….
“”The legislature legitimately could believe that a wholesaler governed by Missouri residents is more apt to be socially responsible and to promote temperance, because the officers, directors and owners are residents of the community and this subject to negative externalities — drunk driving, domestic abuse, underage drinking — that liquor distribution may produce,” the 8th Circuit’s ruling stated. “”
Perhaps that law should be geared towards RETAILERS not wholesalers!