New York Court of Appeals, 1969

House of Seagram, Inc. v. State Liquor Authority

House of Seagram, Inc. v. State Liquor Authority
New York Court of Appeals · Decided July 2, 1969
25 N.Y.2d 865; 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.

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