Unless he has a wholesaler's license, no New Mexico manufacturer shall sell or offer for sale any alcoholic beverages manufactured within this state to any person in New Mexico other than wholesalers licensed under the provisions of the Liquor Control Act [60-3A-1 NMSA 1978].
History: Laws 1981, ch. 39, § 59.
ANNOTATIONSEffect of one wholesaler dominating market. — Where one wholesaler in New Mexico so dominates a substantial number of retail dealers that such retail dealers are compelled to purchase substantially all of their distilled spirits from such wholesaler, the practice restrains and prevents transactions in such distilled spirits between other wholesalers in the state and distillers and distributors elsewhere. Levers v. Anderson, 153 F.2d 1008 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 328 U.S. 866, 66 S. Ct. 1376, 90 L. Ed. 1636 (1946).
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 45 Am. Jur. 2d Intoxicating Liquors § 287.
48 C.J.S. Intoxicating Liquors § 129.