CITY OF OMAHA v. KUM & GO, L.L.C.

No. S-01-305.

642 N.W.2d 154 (2002)

263 Neb. 724

CITY OF OMAHA, a municipal corporation, Appellee and Cross-Appellee, v. KUM & GO, L.L.C., doing business as Kum & Go # 359, Appellant, and Nebraska Liquor Control Commission, Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

April 19, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Lehan, of Kelley & Lehan, P.C., Omaha, for appellant.

Don Stenberg, Attorney General, Hobert B. Rupe, and, on brief, Laurie Smith Camp, Omaha, for appellee Nebraska Liquor Control Commission.

Thomas O. Mumgaard, Deputy Omaha City Attorney, for appellee City of Omaha.

Amy A. Miller, Omaha, for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska Foundation.

HENDRY, C.J., WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ.


GERRARD, J.

NATURE OF CASE

Neb.Rev.Stat. § 53-177(1) (Cum.Supp. 2000) provides that no license shall be issued for the retail sale of liquor within 150 feet of any church. The issue presented in this appeal is whether the "House of Faith," located in leased storefront quarters, is a "church" within the meaning of § 53-177.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Kum & Go, L.L.C., filed an application with the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission...

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