>>>I think the lawsuit is without merit - like how you gonna sue someone for selling you a beer when you're the one who wanted to buy it?
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>>>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46329414/ns/business-retail/#.TzR1kxxA9fA
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>>>...and if I ever decide to open a liquor store I know where to do it now.
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>>- The Pine Ridge reserve has been dry since 1832. Alcohol legally banned
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>>- In 2010, beer companies supplied 5 million cans of beer to liquor stores in a town on the reserve's border that has only 12 residents
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>>Maybe the beer companies had "no idea" where those 5M cans were going, but if so it's only because they didn't want to know. Looks like a pretty solid civil tort to me.
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>>I hope you're kidding when you say you think that would be a good place to open a liquor store.
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>It will be interesting to see how quickly a community bordering a Tribal Reservation with a casino sues on behalf of compulsive gamblers ...
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>(are you listening, lawyers in Norwich, CT ? )
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>And of course from 1920 - 1933 the US would have had a very good legal claim against demon-rum producing Canada <g>

The joy of torts - all you need is a vivid imagination, a lawyer willing to work on a contingency basis, and the ability to convince a judge.

When you're talking about getting between people and things they want to buy, that encompasses everything from the war on drugs to the war on sugar: http://sfbay.ca/2012/02/02/sugar-as-a-controlled-substance/

Where does one draw the line?