Supreme Court of the United States

Granholm v. Heald — Stevens, J., Dissenting

May 16, 2005544 U.S. 460

Summary

Justices Stevens and Thomas dissent, arguing that the Michigan and New York laws regulating direct wine shipments are constitutional under the Webb-Kenyon Act and the Twenty-first Amendment, which together grant States broad authority to regulate and discriminate in alcoholic beverage commerce without negative Commerce Clause restraints.