Prices Corner Liquors, Inc. v. Delaware Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission

VEASEY, Chief Justice:

This ease presents for review the issue of whether or not a provision of the Liquor Control Act (the “Act”) is unconstitutional. For purposes of establishing minimum separation requirements for liquor store locations, that provision makes a significant distinction between stores located in municipalities and those located outside incorporated cities and towns. A statute may be unconstitutional if it differentiates without a rational basis for doing so. We find, however, on the record now before the Court that there is a rational basis for distinguishing between…