Legal Opinion
Goldston v. City of Harriman
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided April 24, 1978PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BROCK, Justice.
Defendant was fined $50.00 for violating a city ordinance prohibiting the sale of beer. The Court of Appeals affirmed and we granted certiorari.
The City of Harriman, the self-styled “Utopia of Temperance,” both by its charter and by municipal ordinance, purports to restrict the sale of beer within its geographical limits. Article II, Section 18(12) of the City’s charter makes it unlawful to sell or tipple any intoxicating liquor within one mile of a school or church or within 1000 feet of an occupied dwelling. Harri-man City Ordinance 2-201 prohibits outright the sale of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Berry v. Arapahoe and Shoshone TribesDistrict Court, D. Wyoming · 1976
- Sparks v. Beer CommitteeTennessee Supreme Court · 1960
- Zimmerman v. GritzmacherOregon Supreme Court · 1909
3Cited by4 opinions
- Watkins v. NaifehTennessee Supreme Court · 1982
- Thompson v. City of HarrimanTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
- England v. Civil Service CommissionCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1981
- National Loans, Inc. v. TN. Dept. of Financial InstitutionsCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1997