1999-C-2215 COLE-MIERS POST 3619 V.F.W. OF DERIDDER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE & TAXATION, OFFICE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL

State: Louisiana

Court: Supreme Court

Docket No: 1999-C-2215

Case Date: 01/01/2000

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99-C-2215

COLE-MIERS POST 3619 V.F.W. OF DERIDDER versus STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE & TAXATION, OFFICE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT, PARISH OF BEAUREGARD

JOHNSON, J. * We granted certiorari in this case because of a conflict among the circuits relative to the meaning and effect of La. R.S. 26:81(E) and to determine whether the exception in La. R.S. 26:81(E) permits the issuance of a liquor license in subdivisions of the state where the electors have voted to prohibit the sale of alcohol by local option election. After considering the language of the statute, the legislature's purpose in revising the Alcohol Beverage Law (La. R.S.

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