New Safari Lounge, Inc. v. City of Colorado Springs

The City of Colorado Springs, et al., appeals the decision of the District Court for the County of El Paso, holding that section 12-47-120(2), C.R.S. 1973, 2 is unconstitutional on its face because it violates the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment of the United States Constitution. We hold that the statute, with the gloss placed on it by the administrative body in this case, is constitutional and meets minimal due process requirements. We therefore reverse the decision of the district court.

On January 13, 1976, the appellants, acting as a local liquor licensing authority,…