March 21, 2018
A Texas rule barring public corporations from owning liquor stores unconstitutionally discriminates against out-of-state retailers, a Texas federal judge held Tuesday in a ruling that paves the way for Walmart Inc. and other large retailers to begin selling liquor in the state.
March 16, 2016
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday denied a bid by Gabriel Investment Group — the only public corporation in the state allowed to hold a permit for packaged liquor sales — to intervene in Wal-Mart's suit over the constitutionality of the state's ban on public companies selling liquor, finding that it wasn't filed in time.
January 21, 2016
A Texas federal judge on Thursday refused to let a holding company with several liquor stores escape a subpoena by Wal-Mart in the retail giant's suit over the constitutionality of a Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission ban on public companies selling liquor, saying any communications regarding the ban are relevant.
July 24, 2015
A Texas federal judge refused Friday to dismiss Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s claims that a state ban on publicly traded companies selling distilled liquors violates parts of the Constitution, saying the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission failed to adequately justify the rule, but tossed a claim unavailable to corporations.
May 06, 2015
Texas' Alcoholic Beverage Commission asked a federal judge on Tuesday to dismiss Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s suit challenging the state's ban on publicly trade companies selling distilled liquors, saying the retailer is trying to litigate an issue best left to the state Legislature.
February 12, 2015
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Thursday sued Texas' Alcoholic Beverage Commission in Texas federal court, alleging the state's refusal to allow publicly traded corporations to sell distilled spirits, and its exception for hotels, is "irrational" and unconstitutional.