SILVER DOLLAR LIQUOR v. RED RIVER PARISH

No. 45,637-CA.

56 So.3d 265 (2010)

SILVER DOLLAR LIQUOR, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee v. RED RIVER PARISH POLICE JURY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

November 17, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julie C. Jones , District Attorney, for Appellant.

J. Chris Guillet , Assistant District Attorney, Bethard & Bethard, L.L.P., Coushatta, LA by Robert E. Bethard , Jeffrey H. Thomas , for Appellee.

Before WILLIAMS, GASKINS, CARAWAY, PEATROSS and LOLLEY, JJ.


CARAWAY, J.

The owner of a liquor store seeks in this action a judgment declaring a local police jury ordinance invalid. Enacted in 1975, the ordinance requires the Sunday closure of establishments which sell liquor in the district within the parish where plaintiff's business is located. Plaintiff asserts that a 1986 statute requires all Sunday closing laws to be enacted by a special vote of the electorate. After the trial...

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