A Victory for States’ Rights

Dear Client:U.S. District Judge Christina Armijo ruled last week that US Airways requires a liquor license from the state of New Mexico to serve alcohol in planes flying over the state or landing in it, drawing heavily on the 21st Amendment. The state had denied US Air a liquor license after it had repeatedly landed intoxicated people in the state. In one case, a passenger on US Air landed in Albuquerque and drove the wrong way on the highway, killing