HORNE v. HERNANDO COUNTY

No. 74-202.

297 So.2d 606 (1974)

Virgil HORNE and Ruth Horne, His Wife, Appellants, v. HERNANDO COUNTY, a Political Subdivision of the State of Florida, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 19, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank McClung, Brooksville, for appellants.

Robert Bruce Snow, Brooksville, for appellees.


GRIMES, Judge.

Appellants attack the constitutionality of a county ordinance which prohibits the issuance of alcoholic beverage licenses to any new business located within 1500 feet of an established church or school. Appellants assert that the ordinance constitutes a favoring of religion contrary to the constitutional mandate that there shall be no law "respecting an establishment of religion."1

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