Legal Opinion
Shaffer v. Allt
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided January 22, 1976No. 1 CA-CIV 2716, 1 CA-CIV 2777PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JACOBSON, Presiding Judge.
This appeal presents the question of whether the City of Yuma may engage in the business of selling alcoholic beverages at a city-owned recreation complex.
In December, 1973, the City Council of the City of Yuma adopted Ordinance No. 1344 authorizing the city to purchase an Arizona liquor license. 1 Appellant, John Shaffer, a resident taxpayer of Yuma, filed a Special Action against Thomas Allt as Mayor of the City of Yuma, the Yuma City Council, and the City of Yuma, contending that the ordinance was invalid as an excess of those defendants’ legal authority…
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