Sandbach v. City of Valdosta

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

In this action appellant brings a Fourteenth Amendment due process and equal protection challenge against the City of Valdosta, Georgia, for denying his application for a license to sell beer at his place of business because it is within 200 feet of a church. Prior to November 1974 a Valdosta municipal ordinance prohibited the issuance of a beer license to any establishment located within 200 feet of a church, boys’ club, girls’ club, public park or funeral chapel. On November 6 the Council deleted the distance requirement, prompting an application from plaintiff, owner…