Carter v. Mulrein

How courts have described this case

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• holding that plain meaning of ordinance requiring alcohol licensee to “open for business” within nine months of issuance of license, with failure to do so resulting in automatic forfeiture of license, did not reflect any requirement as to the regularity or continuity of business
• courts attribute the “ordinary, logical, and common meanings” of words in an ordinance
• courts attribute the “ordinary, logical, and common meanings” of words in an ordinance
• “[W]e read the ordinance as a whole according to the natural and most obvious import of the language, without resorting to subtle and forced constructions, for the purpose of either limiting or extending its operation.

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