Legal Opinion
Brookpark Entertainment, Inc. v. Taft
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 16, 1991No. Nos. 90-4130, 91-3070PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RALPH B. GUY, JR., Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, a nightclub, challenges the constitutionality of an Ohio statute allowing for the revocation of its liquor license by popular referendum. The district court dismissed the action, finding that the federal issues were moot because the referendum on the plaintiff's license was untimely under Ohio law. The district court also stated in dicta that the plaintiff’s constitutional challenges were meritless. The Ohio Supreme Court subsequently ruled *712that the challenged referendum was timely under Ohio law.
We find that the district court based its…
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