· 9/15/1987
Roy Lee Davidson v. City of Clinton, Mississippi
Citations
- 826 F.2d 1430
- 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 12259
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting that with respect to alcohol sales, it is within the state’s police power “to regulate the business, to mitigate its evils, or to suppress it entirely”
- approving restriction on sale of alcohol within 500 feet of a school, as applied to a nightclub
- upholding a restriction on sale of alcohol within 500 feet of a school, as applied to a nightclub, as neither irrational nor arbitrary
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Judges: Politz, Johnson, Higginbotham
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