Y & M v. Beer Commission or Board of Johnson County

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

The plaintiffs applied to the Johnson County Beer Board for a permit to sell beer on property located on U.S. Highway 421 in Johnson County, Tennessee. The permit was denied because the proposed location for the beer establishment was within 2,000 ft. of the Zionville Baptist Church which is situated just across the state line in North Carolina.1 Plaintiffs appealed the Board’s denial of a permit to the Circuit Court for Johnson County which affirmed the action of the Board and dismissed the complaint of the plaintiffs.

In 1974 the legislative body for Johnson County,…