Peoples Super Liquor Stores, Inc. v. Jenkins

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SARIS, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs, two liquor retailers, and their owner, seek to invalidate parts of the Massachusetts statute governing ownership of retail liquor stores, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, § 15 (2005), on numerous grounds, constitutional and statutory. Specifically, Plaintiffs argue that the statute violates their First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and freedom of association, their right to equal protection of the laws under the Fourteenth Amendment, and their right not to have property taken for public use without just compensation under…