Distributor Three-Tier Victory in Maine

The First Circuit Court of Appeals in Maine handed down an important decision last week which proved to be another legal victory for beer distributors in protecting the three-tier system. The court upheld Maine's law which restricts out of state shipments of wine into the state, saying "there is simply no evidence that out-of-state wineries suffer any disproportionate loss of business on account of Maine's direct-shipping ban."Now, this truly an important case because the appellate court truly went out of