Claiborne Country Club, Inc. v. City of Tazewell

FARMER, Judge.

Claiborne Country Club, Inc. (Claiborne) sought to enjoin the City of Tazewell (City) from enforcing any statute or ordinance addressing the hours of consumption of alcoholic beverages on its premises. The parties’ statements of fact are virtually identical and provide:

Prior to 1966, the Town of Tazewell, Tennessee had in effect an Ordinance regulating the sale and consumption of beer. That Ordinance read, at pertinent part, as follows:

*686SECTION 18. HOURS OF SALE. It shall hereinafter be unlawful and it is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor for any person, persons, firm or…