Dopson v. City of Oxford

BLOODWORTH, Justice.

The issue which the parties present by this appeal is whether the city council of the City of Oxford, Alabama, has an irrevisable discretion to grant or withhold its approval of the issuance of an on-premises liquor license by the State ABC Board in order to prevent any such license from being granted to anyone.

We hold that we need not answer whether the city council has such an unbridled, irrevisable, and uncontrolled discretion, because, in this case, appellants have not shown that the city council’s refusal to give approval to appellant Inn of Oxford, Inc., (Ramada Inn)…