SILVER DOLLAR LIQUOR v. RED RIVER PARISH

No. 2010-C-2776.

74 So.3d 641 (2011)

SILVER DOLLAR LIQUOR, INC. v. RED RIVER PARISH POLICE JURY.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 7, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bethard & Bethard LLP, Robert Edgerton Bethard , Coushatta, Thomas Law Firm, Jeffrey Howerton Thomas , Natchitoches, for Applicant.

Julie C. Jones , District Attorney, John Christopher Guillet , Assistant District Attorney, for Respondent.


JOHNSON, Justice.

This matter involves the validity of Section 3-18 of the Red River Parish Code ("Section 3-18"), which prohibits the Sunday sale of alcoholic beverages. We are called upon to interpret and determine the applicability of two statutes: La. R.S. 51:191, which requires a local-option election in order to authorize a Sunday-closing law; and La. R.S. 26:493, which delegates to political subdivisions the power to regulate the sale of alcoholic beverages...

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