Minnesota Legislature Upholds Open Wholesaling Requirement

Dear Client:  Last year Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits filed a lawsuit challenging Minnesota's exclusivity statute, aka the Coleman Act. The case officially closed at the end of September after the state legislature amended the statute in the 2022 omnibus liquor bill. Here's what you should know about it.   COURT SIDES WITH SGWS… In its complaint, SGWS claimed the Coleman Act—which prohibits out-of-state spirits producers from granting exclusive rights to wholesalers, while allowing in-state producers to do so—is unconstitutional, violating the