MICHIGAN JUDGE SIDES WITH OUT-OF-STATE RETAILERS

A Michigan District Court Judge sided with the Specialty Wine Retailers in a preliminary ruling this week. In the case of Siesta Market v. Granholm, the judge sided with the plaintiff, represented by Alex Tanford and Robert Epstein, on the grounds that Granholm not only covers wineries, but retailers as well. “The Court will not construe Granholm to explicitly exclude out-of-state retailers from the Supreme Court’s holding solely because the Supreme Court makes no mention of them in its opinion….