High court ruling South Carolina liquor license laws as unconstitutional shakes local liquor sellers
The S.C. Supreme Court popped the cap on a vintage piece of liquor legislation last week.
It was anything but a celebratory occasion for purveyors of potent potables around the state.
The high court served up a sobering 4-1 decision to the mostly mom-and-pop industry Wednesday, ruling that a law limiting liquor licenses in South Carolina is unconstitutional. It went on to describe the decades-old statute it struck down as an example of good old-fashioned economic protectionism.
Store owners — most of them, at least — are hanging onto the hope that the justices will have a change of heart.
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