Cooper v. Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• defining economic protectionism as “regulatory measures designed to benefit in-state economic interests by burdening out-of-state competitors”
• dormant Commerce Clause applies “to a lesser extent when the regulations concern the retailer or wholesaler tier as distinguished from the producer tier”
• dormant Commerce Clause applies \to a lesser extent when the regulations concern the retailer or wholesaler tier as distinguished from the producer tier\
• “Distinctions between in-state and out-of-state retailers and wholesalers are permissible only if they are an inherent aspect of the three-tier system.”
• “It 18 is a basic law of economics that increased competition leads to actual 17 1 economic injury.’’
• “numerous courts have upheld the standing of competitors to challenge official actions that change the amount of competition in an economic actor’s market”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).