Toups v. City of Shreveport

11 This case concerns the legislative vote of the elected representatives of the Shreveport City Council for the regulation of the retail selling of alcoholic beverages. Using inappropriate standards of review for a legislative enactment with an obvious public welfare concern, the majority requires the decision of the elected council to *421demonstrate a heavy “substantial relationship” for protecting the public safety and welfare, and then easily strikes down the council’s safety concerns as “arbitrary and capricious.” I believe the appropriate standard of judicial review is a minimal…