Rhode Island Retailer Shipping Appeal Comes up a Mixed Bag

Dear Client: After hearing oral arguments earlier this summer, the First Circuit recently issued its decision in a retailer shipping case filed in Rhode Island. And the results were a mixed bag.  BACKGROUND. A pair of Rhode Island residents filed suit against the state in 2019 amidst a string of retailer shipping cases filed after the Total Wine v. Tennessee Supreme Court ruling that year. The residents claimed that the state's laws that prohibit out-of-state alcohol retailers from selling, shipping