Needham v. Beer Board of Blount County

*227OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

This case is one of a series of cases involving the validity of Blount County’s “2,000 foot rule” adopted in July of 1939, by the Quarterly County Court of Blount County, pursuant to T.C.A. § 57-205, now T.C.A. § 57-5-105(a)(3). The “rule” prohibits the storage, sale or manufacture of beer within 2,000 feet of schools, churches or other places of public gathering.

In 1980, Michael and Vera Henry were refused a beer permit by the Blount County Beer Board because their premises were located within 2,000 feet of a church. They filed a petition for writ of certiorari in the…