Claiborne Country Club, Inc. v. City of Tazewell

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

Appellant brings this direct appeal of the denial of its application for a beer permit, first by the City of Tazewell Beer Board and then by the Circuit Court of Claiborne County.

Appellant filed an application for a beer permit on 15 September 1987, and the Taze-well Board of Aldermen, sitting as the beer board, rejected that application on 10 November 1987 on the ground that Ordinance 2-205 limited the number of beer permits outstanding at any time to four, and four permits had been issued and were then in effect. On appeal, the circuit judge affirmed that action…