LAIRD & COMPANY v. CHENEY

No. 44,423

196 Kan. 675 (1966)

414 P.2d 18

LAIRD & COMPANY, a corporation, and 34 other corporations, Appellees, v. J.R. CHENEY, Director of Alcoholic Beverage Control; EVERETT STEERMAN, ROBERT F. GALLOWAY and ALFRED WILLIAMS, Members of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board of Review; ROBERT C. LONDERHOLM, Attorney General of the State of Kansas, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed May 7, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Park McGee, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause, and Robert C. Londerholm, Attorney General, and Thomas B. Root, of Topeka, were with him on the brief for the appellants.

Harry W. Colmery, of Topeka, argued the cause, and Robert E. Russell and Gerald J. Letourneau, both of Topeka, were with him on the brief for the appellees.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

HARMAN, C.:

At issue here is the constitutionality of certain enactments of the 1961 Kansas legislative session, now appearing as K.S.A. 41-1111 to 41-1121, and particularly K.S.A. 41-1112, relative to price control of liquor sold by manufacturers or suppliers to licensed distributors.

Brief discussion of a portion of our liquor law will be helpful in understanding the issues involved. When the legislature...

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