44 Liquormart, Inc. v. Rhode Island
1996 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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44 Liquormart, Inc. v. Rhode Island, 517 U.S. 484 (1996), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a complete ban on the advertising of alcohol prices was unconstitutional under the First Amendment, and that the Twenty-first Amendment, empowering the states to regulate alcohol, did not lessen other constitutional restraints of state power.
Quick Facts 44 Liquormart Inc. v. Rhode Island, Argued November 1, 1995 Decided May 13, 1996 ...
44 Liquormart Inc. v. Rhode Island | |
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Argued November 1, 1995 Decided May 13, 1996 | |
Full case name | 44 Liquormart, Inc. and Peoples Super Liquor Stores, inc., petitioners v. Rhode Island and Rhode Island Liquor Stores Association |
Docket no. | 94-1140 |
Citations | 517 U.S. 484 (more) 116 S. Ct. 1495; 134 L. Ed. 2d 711 |
Case history | |
Prior | 829 F. Supp. 543 (D.R.I. 1993), reversed 39 F.3d 5 (1st Cir. 1994), cert. granted, 517 U.S. 484 (1996). |
Holding | |
The State of Rhode Island violated the First Amendment rights of the petitioners, and the Twenty-first Amendment does not lessen the state's obligation to abide by constitutional provisions beyond the dormant commerce clause. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Stevens, joined by Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg (parts I, II, VII); Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg (part VIII) |
Plurality | Stevens (parts III, V), joined by Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg |
Plurality | Stevens (part VI), joined by Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg |
Plurality | Stevens (part IV), joined by Kennedy, Ginsburg |
Concurrence | Scalia |
Concurrence | Thomas |
Concurrence | O'Connor, joined by Rehnquist, Souter, Breyer |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amends. I, XIV, XXI |
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