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=== Online price gouging === A 2018 appeals court overturned a lower court ruling, arguing that the [[Dormant Commerce Clause|dormant commerce clause]] of the U.S. constitution meant Maryland's anti-price gouging statute was unconstitutional.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=McCoy |first1=Adam |last2=Namet |first2=Shawn |date=2018-04-18 |title=Fourth Circuit Holds Maryland Anti-Price Gouging Statute Violates Dormant Commerce Clause |url=http://wakeforestlawreview.com/2018/04/fourth-circuit-holds-maryland-anti-price-gouging-statute-violates-dormant-commerce-clause/ |access-date=2021-03-15 |website=Wake Forest Law Review |language=en-US}}</ref> ==== ''Online Merchants Guild v. Cameron'', 2020 ==== This complaint relates to online merchants selling necessary products on Amazon during the US national state of emergency invoked in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The [[Online Merchants Guild]], a trade association for online merchants, filed a case in [[Kentucky]] on the basis that state regulations against price gouging are unconstitutional in the online marketplace since online merchants are unable to control pricing by state.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Online Merchants Guild v. Cameron, No. 3:2020cv00029 - Document 36 (E.D. Ky. 2020)|url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/kentucky/kyedce/3:2020cv00029/92141/36/|access-date=2021-03-24|website=Justia Law|language=en}}</ref> Judge [[Gregory F. Van Tatenhove|Gregory Van Tatenhove]] sided with the Online Merchants Guild on June 23, 2020, saying that the [[Attorney General of Kentucky|Kentucky Attorney General]] cannot enforce the price gouging regulations on Amazon sellers. The [[United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit|Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals]] unanimously overturned that ruling in April of 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pierson |first=Brendan |date=April 30, 2021 |title=Kentucky can enforce price-gouging laws against Amazon sellers - 6th Circuit |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/kentucky-can-enforce-price-gouging-laws-against-amazon-sellers-6th-circuit-2021-05-28/ |work=Reuters}}</ref>
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