Laird & Company v. Cheney

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harman, C.:

At issue here is the constitutionality of certain enactments of the 1961 Kansas legislative session, now appearing as K. S. A. 41-1111 to 41-1121, and particularly K. S. A. 41-1112, relative to price control of liquor sold by manufacturers or suppliers to licensed distributors.

Brief discussion of a portion of our liquor law will be helpful in understanding the issues involved. When the legislature in 1949, in implementation of the newly adopted amendment of article 15, section 10, of the Kansas constitution, enacted laws legalizing the…