Legal Opinion
Decatur Liquors, Inc. v. District of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 27, 2007No. 05-7099PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.
WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.
When the District of Columbia Council was considering revisions to the District’s alcoholic beverage laws, then-Council Member (now Mayor) Adrian Fenty, who represented Ward 4, proposed a ward-wide four-year moratorium on the sale of single containers of beer — specifically, a rule barring retailers from breaking manufacturers’ packages of multiple containers of beer and selling a single container of 70 ounces or less. The underlying idea was that such sales were especially likely to lead to public…
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