FLORESTA, INC. v. CITY COUNCIL

Docket No. 19297.

190 Cal.App.2d 599 (1961)

12 Cal. Rptr. 182

FLORESTA, INC. (a Corporation), Appellant, v. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

March 29, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruner & Minder and Stephen M. Chandler for Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, and Wiley W. Manuel, Deputy Attorney General, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant.

Arthur M. Carden, City Attorney, and Glenn A. Forbes, Assistant City Attorney, for Respondents.

Charles R. Martin, City Attorney (San Marino), as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondents.


TOBRINER, J.

This case apparently presents for the first time the precise question whether a city, pursuant to a zoning ordinance, may validly prohibit a cocktail lounge in a shopping center. The uniqueness of the question does not, however, render the answer difficult. We shall point out in more detail infra that in spite of the contention that the field of liquor regulation has been exclusively pre-empted by...

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