The owners of grocery stores and convenience stores in Kentucky sued the state for violation of equal protection rights because state liquor regulations barred those stores from selling wine or liquor but allowed drug stores and liquor stores to sell the same. They contended the regulation was discriminatory and made it more difficult for their stores to complete. Do you think they had a valid claim? [Maxwell’s Pic-Pac v. Dehner, 739 F.3d 936, 6th Cir., 2014]
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