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  • April 28, 2009 | Legal Times

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  • Massachusetts Food Ass'n v. Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Comm'n

    Publication Date: 1999-12-08
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 1999-12-08
    Court: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
    Judge: Boudin, Bownes, and Lipez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Mark Gidley, et al.
    for defendant: Jane L. Willoughby, et al.

    Case Number: No. 99-1277

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion.BOUDIN, Circuit Judge. Massachusetts, like many other states, extensively regulates the sale of alco