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Rivergate Wine & Liquors, Inc. v. City of Goodlettsville

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided March 7, 1983PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

The City of Goodlettsville brings this appeal so that this Court may review the Chancellor’s decision holding unconstitutional an ordinance regulating the retail sale of alcoholic beverages in that city.

The Plaintiff, Rivergate Wine & Liquors, Inc., is a wine and liquor retail store licensed by the Defendant, the City of Good-lettsville. In 1967, the commissioners of Goodlettsville amended Ordinance No. 66-74 to include the following provision: “No retailer licensed under this chapter shall sell or permit to be sold any alcoholic beverage which has been chilled or…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. McCanless, Com'r v. KleinTennessee Supreme Court · 1945
  2. Southern Railway Co. v. City of MemphisTennessee Supreme Court · 1912
  3. City of Knoxville v. HethTennessee Supreme Court · 1948
  4. Wise v. McCanlessTennessee Supreme Court · 1945
  5. McClellan v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1955

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Morrow v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1987
  2. Neece v. City of Johnson CityTennessee Supreme Court · 1989
  3. Beer Board for Goodlettsville v. Brass A Saloon of Rivergate, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1986
  4. Dixon v. Lawrenceburg Beer BoardCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1999
  5. G and N Restaurant Group, Inc. d/b/a City Cafe Diner v. City of ChattanoogaCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2014

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