Southland Corp. v. City of Warwick

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This case comes before us on our grant of certiorari to review a decision of the Board of Public Safety of the City of Warwick (hereinafter the board) restricting the hours of operation of a 7-Eleven store located in that city. The petitioners, South-land Corporation and Akhtar Kadir, respectively franchisor and franchisee, challenge *611the authority of the board to regulate their hours of operation. In the alternative, they argue that the board lacked the legal prerequisites and factual basis necessary to support its order.

The 7-Eleven store which was the subject of the…