Miller’s BrewBlog is reporting that the Washington State Liquor Board appeal of Judge Marsha Pechman’s ruling in favor of Costco earlier this year in the Costco Case has been moved up and will take place March 3-9, 2007. But a stay she imposed was supposed to give state lawmakers until May 1, 2007 to change Washington’s beer and wine laws through new legislation, so I don’t know what that will mean to those efforts.
I can’t find the order changing the schedule at the Ninth Circuit’s website, so I can’t confirm that’s what is happening. I have a call into the state’s Liquor Board to see if I can confirm the news from them and will update this post when I hear back from them.