Supreme Court clears way for online wine sales | CNET News.com: "Online shopping received a substantial boost on Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state governments may not prohibit residents from ordering directly from out-of-state wineries.
In a 5-4 ruling, the court said that Michigan and New York had enacted protectionist laws that unconstitutionally discriminated against wineries from other states.
Justice Anthony Kennedy said that the states' claims of possible lost taxes or shipments to minors could not justify taking such strong measures against direct shipping. 'The states have not shown that tax evasion from out-of-state wineries poses such a unique threat that it justifies their discriminatory regimes,' Kennedy wrote for the majority."
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