Supreme Court of the United States

Granholm v. Heald

May 16, 2005544 U.S. 460

Summary

Consolidated challenges to Michigan and New York laws restricting direct wine shipments from out-of-state wineries. The Court held these laws violate the Commerce Clause due to explicit discrimination against out-of-state economic interests and are not saved by the Twenty-first Amendment. Justice Stevens and Justice Thomas dissented, arguing the Twenty-first Amendment and Webb-Kenyon Act authorize such regulation.