Legal Opinion
Jim O. Inc. v. City of Cedar Rapids
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided December 23, 1998No. 97-875PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEUMAN, Justice.
The Alcoholic Beverages Division of the Commerce Department of the State of Iowa imposed a civil penalty of $300 on Jim O. Inc. d/b/a Ernie’s Avenue Tavern after one of the tavern’s bartenders sold two beers to an underage patron. On appeal from a district court judgment affirming the penalty, Jim O. challenges the constitutionality of Iowa Code section 123.49(2)(h) (1995), alleged substantive and procedural irregularities, and the tactics used by law enforcement. Finding no merit in any of these contentions, we affirm.
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