White v. Payne

OPINION

MINTON, Judge.

Several residents of Hancock County bring this appeal asking us to overturn the Franklin Circuit Court’s decision ordering the Kentucky Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (ABC Board) to grant a farm winery license to Robert M. Payne, Sr. Finding no error in the circuit court’s decision, we affirm.

Payne owns a small farm in Hancock County, which is a dry county. In June 2003, he applied to the ABC Board for a farm winery license under Kentucky Revised Statute (KRS) 243.156. The ABC Board’s distilled spirits administrator denied a license to Payne, citing the “amount of…