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Constitutional Law Keyed to Choper
Healy v. the Beer Institute
Citation:
491 U.S. 324 (1989)Facts
Connecticut enacted a beer-price-affirmation statute in 1981 to address the problem of higher beer prices in Connecticut compared to neighboring states. After the original statute was struck down in Healy I, Connecticut amended the law in 1984. The revised statute required out-of-state beer shippers to affirm that their posted prices for Connecticut wholesalers were, at the time of posting, no higher than prices charged in Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island. The statute was challenged by beer producers and importers who argued that it regulated out-of-state transactions, constituted economic protectionism, and unduly burdened interstate commerce. Connecticut officials defended the statute as being designed to ensure the lowest possible prices for Connecticut consumers and argued that it was protected by the Twenty-first Amendment.
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