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SEAGRAM & SONS v. HOSTETTER

No. 545.

384 U.S. 35 (1966)

86 S.Ct. 1254

16 L.Ed.2d 336

JOSEPH E. SEAGRAM & SONS, INC., ET AL. v. HOSTETTER, CHAIRMAN, NEW YORK STATE LIQUOR AUTHORITY, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 19, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Daly and Jack Goodman argued the cause for appellants. With them on the briefs was Herbert Brownell.

Ruth Kessler Toch, Acting Solicitor General of New York, argued the cause for appellees. With her on the brief were Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney General, and Robert L. Harrison, Assistant Attorney General.

Fred M. Switzer, Abraham Tunick and Fred M. Switzer III filed a brief for Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America, Inc., as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal draws in question certain provisions of Chapter 531, 1964 Session Laws of New York, which worked substantial changes in the State's Alcoholic Beverage Control Law. The appellants are distillers, wholesalers, or importers of distilled spirits, who commenced this action in a New York court for an injunction and declaratory judgment against the appropriate state officials, upon the ground that §...

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