House of Seagram, Inc. v. State Liquor Authority

New York Court of Appeals
House of Seagram, Inc. v. State Liquor Authority, 25 N.Y.2d 865 (N.Y. 1969)
250 N.E.2d 873; 303 N.Y.S.2d 880; 1969 N.Y. LEXIS 1114

House of Seagram, Inc. v. State Liquor Authority

Opinion of the Court

In each of the above-entitled proceedings: The court necessarily passed upon the contention of petitioners-appellants that the imposition of a fee for the issuance of a brand label use permit to sell alcoholic beverages, insofar as it covers liquors which are imported from without the State for sale within its borders, constitutes a tax or duty of “ imports ” proscribed by the Import-Export Clause — article I, section 10 — of the United States Constitution and, as indicated by its affirmance “ on the opinion of the Appellate Division in Matter of House of Seagram v. State Liq. Auth. (30 A D 2d 380) ”, found the contention without merit.

Concur: Chief Judge Fuld and Judges Burke, Scileppi, Bergan, Breitel and Jasen.

Reference

Full Case Name
In the Matter of House of Seagram, Inc. v. State Liquor Authority, Respondents In the Matter of Knickerbocker Liquors Corporation v. Donald S. Hostetter, Constituting the State Liquor Authority, Respondents In the Matter of Standard Food Products Corporation v. State Liquor Authority, Respondents In the Matter of W. A. Taylor & Company v. Donald S. Hostetter, Constituting the State Liquor Authority
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