Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Ruffalo v. Common Council of the City of Kenosha
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided April 9, 1968PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHallows, C. J.
Ruffalo contends he has a property right to the renewal of the liquor license and the refusal of the Common Council to renew it was in effect a revocation which procedurally must follow secs. 176.11 and 176.12, Stats. The plaintiff makes a persuasive argument why the liquor license should be considered something more than an annual privilege granted in the uncontrolled discretion of a municipality. He acknowledges that a liquor license has traditionally taken on the attribute of a privilege to be granted in the legal exercise of discretion by a licensing authority. In keeping with this…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Willner v. Committee on Character and Fitness, Appellate Div. of Supreme Court of NY, First Judicial Dept.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Goldsmith v. United States Board of Tax AppealsSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Hecht v. MonaghanNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
- Wignall v. FletcherNew York Court of Appeals · 1952
- Olson v. RothwellWisconsin Supreme Court · 1965
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3Cited by40 opinions
- City of Kenosha v. BrunoSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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- Ralph Scott and Henriette Scott v. Village of Kewaskum and Village Board of KewaskumCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Boscaglia v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1985
- Yanta v. Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1974
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