R.S.W.W., Inc., D/B/A Goose Island Brewery v. City of Keego Harbor

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• holding that Mich. Admin. Code R. 436.1403(1)’s express entitlement of hours of operations to liquor license holders was a constitutionally-protected property interest
• holding that a holder of a liquor license has a constitutionally protected property interest in the license
• explaining that “a state actor cannot constitutionally condition the receipt of a benefit ... on an agreement to refrain from exercising one’s constitutional rights” (quoting G & V Lounge, Inc. v. Mich. Liquor Control Comm’n, 23 F.3d 1071, 1077 (6th Cir. 1994))
• reaching plaintiff's First Amendment argument only after concluding it had a constitutionally protected property interest in a government benefit
• considering whether owners of microbrewery had constitutionally protected property interest under Fourteenth Amendment to liquor license in challenging administrative condition placed on licensee
• considering whether owners of microbrewery had constitutionally protected property interest under Fourteenth Amendment to liquor license in challenging administrative condition placed on licensee

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