City of Mobile v. Simpsiridis

The Mobile City Council denied Vasilios Simpsiridis's application for a liquor license for a store known as the Broad Street Food Mart, which he operated through a corporation, Broad Street Food Mart, Inc. The Mobile Circuit Court entered a judgment declaring that that denial had been arbitrary and capricious and setting aside the denial and directing the approval of the license. The City of Mobile appealed. We affirm.

The trial judge's opinion reads:

"On June 30, 1998, this action came before the Court for a nonjury trial to determine de novo whether or not the Mobile City Council properly…