Maxwell's Pic-Pac, Inc. v. Dehner

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHN G. HEYBURN, II, for District Judge.

Kentucky, like all states, extensively regulates the sale of alcoholic beverages within its borders. As part of this alcohol control scheme, Ky.Rev.Stat. § 243.230(5) and its accompanying regulation, 804 Ky. Admin. Regs. 4:270 (1982) (hereinafter sometimes referred to collectively as the “Statute”), bar grocery stores and convenience store operators, such as members of the Food With Wine Coalition (the “FWWC”) and Maxwell’s Pic-Pac (collec*739tively, “Plaintiffs”), from obtaining a license to sell package liquor and wine, while permitting…