Connecticut Fine Wine and Spirits, LLC v. Seagull
Petition for certiorari denied on April 6, 2020
Issue: Whether Section 1 of the Sherman Act preempts
state laws facilitating unsupervised private
price-fixing, such as Connecticut's—which requires private beer, wine and liquor wholesalers to “post” their prices in advance so
that all competing wholesalers can match them, to
“hold” those prices for a month and to refrain from offering quantity discounts to retailers; the
wholesalers in this scheme determine not only the case
prices paid by retailers, but also the minimum bottle
prices paid by consumers.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Dec 04 2019 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 3, 2020) |
| Dec 11 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 3, 2020 to March 3, 2020, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Dec 13 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 3, 2020, for all respondents. |
| Dec 13 2019 | Motion of intervenor respondents to extend the time to file a response from January 3, 2020 to March 3, 2020, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Dec 17 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 3, 2020, for all respondents. |
| Dec 24 2019 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull, et al. |
| Jan 03 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, LLC filed. |
| Mar 03 2020 | Brief of respondents Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Mar 03 2020 | Brief of Langer, Robert Mark Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Connecticut, Inc. in opposition filed. |
| Mar 16 2020 | Reply of petitioners Connecticut Fine Wine and Spirits, LLC, dba Total Wine & More filed. |
| Mar 18 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/3/2020. |
| Apr 06 2020 | Petition DENIED. |
