Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission: How Race Discrimination Advanced the Dormant Commerce Clause

Case Note by Ellen D. George

Ellen D. George's case note explores the appropriateness of the Fifth Circuit's decision in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Comm’n, 935 F.3d 362 (5th Cir.), opinion withdrawn and superseded on reh’g, 945 F.3d 206, 211-12 (5th Cir. 2019), wherein the court applies Equal Protection Clause jurisprudence to the dormant Commerce Clause context.


About the Author

Ellen D. George. J.D. candidate 2021, Tulane University Law School; B.A. 2016, Barnard College of Columbia University. 

Citation

94 Tul. L. Rev. 847 (2020)