SPE, Inc. v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County

OPINION

CANTRELL, Judge.

The plaintiffs brought this lawsuit against the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, and Mayor Bill Boner, contesting the Mayor’s denial of the plaintiffs’ application for a Certificate of Compliance. The certificate is required by Tenn.Code Ann. § 57-3-208 as a condition precedent to the issuance of a retail liquor license. The Davidson County Chancery Court reversed the denial of plaintiffs’ application on the grounds that the May- or’s decision was unreasonable, arbitrary *332and capricious. Because we conclude that the evidence preponderates against…