KY Plaintiffs Appeal Ruling on Wine and Spirits Retail Ban

Dear Client: You may recall in August 2012 a US district court judge declared Kentucky's long-standing law forbidding certain grocery stores and gas stations from selling wine and spirits unconstitutional (see WSD 08-15-2012). Today news surfaced that the case will go to the sixth circuit federal appeals court in Cincinnati, a widely expected move. A BRIEF REFRESHER: Under Kentucky law, drugstores can sell wine and spirits, but grocery stores and gas stations cannot. After several failed attempts to overturn the