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Brentwood Liquors Corp. of Williamson Cty. v. Fox

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided March 5, 1973PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DYER, Chief Justice.

Appellant, C. W. Fox, County Court Clerk of Williamson County, Tennessee, appeals from the action of the chancellor in finding a private act applicable to Williamson County invalid as being in conflict with Article 11, Section 8, of the Constitution of Tennessee.

Chapter 276, Private Acts of 1957, authorizes Williamson County to levy and collect a privilege tax on retail liquor dealers in the county, the amount of the tax being set at one-half of one percent of the total monthly sales, and the proceeds are to be used exclusively for the operation and maintenance of…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Southern v. Beeler, Atty.-Gen.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1946
  2. State v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1910
  3. State Ex Rel. Bales v. Hamilton CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1936
  4. Town of McMinnville v. CurtisTennessee Supreme Court · 1946
  5. Board of Education v. Shelby CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1960

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. City of Tullahoma v. Bedford CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1997
  2. Knox County Education Ass'n v. Knox County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2001
  3. Stalcup v. City of GatlinburgTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
  4. Shelby County Civil Service Merit Board v. LivelyTennessee Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Rector v. GriffithTennessee Supreme Court · 1978

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