Although appellees challenge Connecticut's beer-price-affirmation statute as amended in 1984, this litigation has its roots in the 1981 version of Connecticut's price-affirmation scheme. Having determined that the domestic retail price of beer was consistently higher than the price of beer in the three bordering States, and with the knowledge that, as a result, Connecticut residents living in border areas frequently crossed state lines to purchase beer at lower prices, Connecticut enacted a price-affirmation statute tying Connecticut beer prices to the prices charged in the border States. SeeUnited States Brewers Assn., Inc.v.Healy,532 F. Supp. 1312, 1314, 1316-1317 (Conn. 1982). In an effort to eliminate the price differential between Connecticut and the border States, Connecticut required that brewers and importers (out-of-state shippers)^[2]post bottle, can, and case prices for

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*327each brand of beer to be sold in Connecticut.Id.,at 1317. These posted prices would take effect on the first day of the following month and would continue without change for the rest of that month. Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. 30-63(c) (1975 and Supp. 1982). The 1981 statute further required that out-of-state shippers affirm under oath at the time of posting that their posted prices were and would remain no higher than the lowest prices they would charge for each beer product in the border States during the effective period. 30-63b(b), quoted in532 F. Supp., at 1314, n. 3. Moreover, in calculating the lowest price offered in the border States, the statute deducted from the reported price the value of any rebates, discounts, special promotions, or other inducements that the out-of-state shippers offered in one or more of the border States.^[3] 30-63c(b), quoted in532 F. Supp., at 1314, n. 4. To the extent that such inducements lowered border-state prices, the statute thus obligated out-of-state shippers to lower their Connecticut prices as well.^[4]

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Question 11

What is the significance of the thyroid-releasing horomone (TRH) test in

differentiating various causes of hypothyroidism?

Question 12

Is retention of urine/incomplete voiding related to hypothyroidism? If

so, how?

Question 13

It is stated that a little overtreatment might be required for

hypothyroidism, i.e. slightly raised thyroxine (T4) and suppressed

thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH). Is the clinical improvement the best

criteria or is there an optimum/maximum level that one should watch

out for when monitoring TSH and T4?

Question 14

Why is thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) normal or increased

in patients with peripheral resistance to tri-iodothyronine (T3) and

thyroxine (T4)? The thyroid hormone levels are high in these patients, so

the TSH should drop lower: why doesn't it?

Question 15

Thyroxine is a peptide hormone used to treat thyroid deficiency and other

thyroid disorders. It is taken orally. Peptides are broken down into amino

Question 16

1. Does the absence of bradycardia exclude hypothyroidism?

2. How often is hypothyroidism accompanied by bradycardia?

Question 17

Should patients with hypo- or hyperthyroidism be given iodine

supplements?

Question 18

Is Hashimoto's thyroiditis associated with dementia?

Question 19

Please explain the causes of, and suggest recommended treatments for,

euthyroid and hypothyroid states.

Question 20

What is the role of propranolol in the management of a 35-year-old male

thyrotoxic patient who is also hypertensive?18