U.S. Supreme Court overturned the laws of 11 states that allow the state to wineries to sell wine directly to consumers in those states, but is prevented state wineries to do the same. While the decision will help wine wineries that serve customers via the Internet, its economic impact is much greater for markets such as real estate and automobiles. A broad interpretation of the court points Commerce has the potential to eliminate many of the protectionist practices that States have developed to protect local firms from outside the state of competition, in particular, which contributed to the Internet. Consumers will save about $ 23.7 billion a year if the protectionist practices are eliminated. "Hide
by James V. Koch Source: Business Horizons 9 pages. Publication Date: May 15, 2006. Prod. #: BH195-PDF-ENG
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