Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Direct Shippers

The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that states may not pass laws blocking outside wineries from shipping directly to customers.The 5-4 decision effectively strikes down laws in New York and Michigan that make it a crime to buy wine directly from wineries in another state. Says the Court: "We hold that the laws in both States discriminate against interstate commerce in violation of the Commerce Clause....and that the discrimination is neither authorized nor permitted by the Twenty-first Amendment.""States have broad