Liquormart Inc. V. Rhode Island
Liquormart Inc. V. Rhode Island
In the United Sates there have always been many controversies about both the selling and consuming of alcoholic beverages. From decades ago the topic of alcohol was still being discussed on whether or not it should be complete banned or more closely regulated. Alcohol is a very dangerous substance when mistreated. Alcohol laws are to protect both an individual person and the people in a society. When it comes to alcohol and how it should be regulated people’s views and opinions are extremely versatile and will continue to be as the years go on. In 1956, in the state of Rhode Island the legislation passed two bills which had prohibited the advertisement of the alcoholic beverage prices. The first bill prevented both in and out of state manufacturers, wholesalers, and even shippers from advertising the prices of any alcoholic beverages that were to be sold in Rhode Island. The second bill was about the news media, there were to be no references of any kind about the prices of beverages with alcohol content in any situation (Costello, Sean P, 1997). Four decades had passed and still Rhode Island ban on advertising prices of alcoholic beverages continued. The only exeption of this ban is price tags and signs can be in the windows of the liquor stores (Sullivan M. Kathleen, 1997). On December 17, 1991 the Rhode Island liquor Control Administrator Kate Racine held a hearing to try and figure out whether a Rhode Island retail dealer of alcoholic beverages had violated the state’s law of no advertisements on liquor prices. Sullivan states “In Liquormart, two discount liquor retailers challenged the statutes in federal district court. One of them had been assessed a $ 400 fine for running a newspaper ad that did not print any liquor prices, but that did print low prices for snacks and mixers while running the word "WOW" beside pictures of rum and vodka bottles. The district court declared the advertising ban invalid under the
In the United Sates there have always been many controversies about both the selling and consuming of alcoholic beverages. From decades ago the topic of alcohol was still being discussed on whether or not it should be complete banned or more closely regulated. Alcohol is a very dangerous substance when mistreated. Alcohol laws are to protect both an individual person and the people in a society. When it comes to alcohol and how it should be regulated people’s views and opinions are extremely versatile and will continue to be as the years go on. In 1956, in the state of Rhode Island the legislation passed two bills which had prohibited the advertisement of the alcoholic beverage prices. The first bill prevented both in and out of state manufacturers, wholesalers, and even shippers from advertising the prices of any alcoholic beverages that were to be sold in Rhode Island. The second bill was about the news media, there were to be no references of any kind about the prices of beverages with alcohol content in any situation (Costello, Sean P, 1997). Four decades had passed and still Rhode Island ban on advertising prices of alcoholic beverages continued. The only exeption of this ban is price tags and signs can be in the windows of the liquor stores (Sullivan M. Kathleen, 1997). On December 17, 1991 the Rhode Island liquor Control Administrator Kate Racine held a hearing to try and figure out whether a Rhode Island retail dealer of alcoholic beverages had violated the state’s law of no advertisements on liquor prices. Sullivan states “In Liquormart, two discount liquor retailers challenged the statutes in federal district court. One of them had been assessed a $ 400 fine for running a newspaper ad that did not print any liquor prices, but that did print low prices for snacks and mixers while running the word "WOW" beside pictures of rum and vodka bottles. The district court declared the advertising ban invalid under the