BROWN-FORMAN DISTILLERS CORP. v. NEW YORK STATE LIQUOR AUTHORITY (1986) - Ballotpedia

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BROWN-FORMAN DISTILLERS CORP. v. NEW YORK STATE LIQUOR AUTHORITY

Term: 1985
Important Dates
Argued: March 3, 1986
Decided: June 3, 1986
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-3
Majority
Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell
Concurring
Harry Blackmun
Dissenting
William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

BROWN-FORMAN DISTILLERS CORP. v. NEW YORK STATE LIQUOR AUTHORITY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 3, 1986. The case was argued before the court on March 3, 1986.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York State Appellate Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Brewery, distillery
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: New York
Citation: 476 U.S. 573
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Thurgood Marshall

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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