Legal Opinion

Coffman v. Washington County Beer Board

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided May 11, 1981PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

This appeal involves the denial of a beer permit by the Washington County Beer Board. The primary issue is the applicability of a rule adopted by the Washington County Quarterly Court acting as a beer board one year after the application was filed by the plaintiff. It is the position of the plaintiff that the laws that were in existence at the time of the filing of his application are the ones that should govern his application, that it was error for the County Beer Board and the trial court to be bound by rules promulgated approximately *676one year after his application…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Gibson v. FergusonTennessee Supreme Court · 1976
  2. State Ex Rel. Saperstein v. BassTennessee Supreme Court · 1941
  3. Madison v. City of MaryvilleTennessee Supreme Court · 1938
  4. McClellan v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1955
  5. City of Murfreesboro v. FortnerTennessee Supreme Court · 1978

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Needham v. Beer Board of Blount CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Lambdin v. GarlandCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1986
  3. Mapco Petroleum, Inc. v. BasdenTennessee Supreme Court · 1989
  4. In re: Rhoda ArmsterCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2001

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