Legal Opinion
McAtee v. Mentzer
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided October 17, 1984No. 15909PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEELY, Justice:
In 1947 the City of Weirton promulgated rules and regulations for the governance of the city’s police department. These rules and regulations were incorporated as Appendix B to the Weirton City Code. Rule 5(24) provides: “No member of the department shall engage either directly or indirectly as a vendor of intoxicating liquors.” This regulation has been consistently enforced from its enactment until the present time.
In 1980 Patrolman Daniel L. McAtee of the Weirton Police Department decided that he wanted to become part owner of a Weirton private club that sells liquor. On 9…
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