Rice v. Rehner

Rice v. Rehner
Argued March 21, 1983
Decided July 1, 1983
Full case nameBaxter Rice, Individually and as Director of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control of California v. Eva Rehner
Citations463 U.S. 713 (more)
103 S. Ct. 3291; 77 L. Ed. 2d 961
Case history
PriorRehner v. Rice, 678 F.2d 1340 (9th Cir. 1982)
Holding
California may properly require respondent to obtain a state license in order to sell liquor for off-premises consumption.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Case opinions
MajorityO'Connor, joined by Burger, White, Powell, Rehnquist, Stevens
DissentBlackmun, joined by Brennan, Marshall
Laws applied
18 U.S.C. § 1161

Rice v. Rehner, 463 U.S. 713 (1983), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held California may properly require respondent to obtain a state license in order to sell liquor for off-premises consumption.