Mom and pop liquor store owners win battle against Tennessee residency rule
Kimbrough Wine & Spirits employee George Edis stocks shelves June 26, 2019, at the Midtown Memphis liquor store. The owners of the store, Doug and Mary Ketchum, won their fight against Tennessee’s two-year residency requirement to operate a liquor store after the U.S. Supreme Court voted 7-2 against the law. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Owners of the Kimbrough liquor store in Midtown Memphis have won a U.S. Supreme Court case striking down a Tennessee residency requirement for retail liquor store operators.
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Doug and Mary Ketchum Kimbrough Fine Wine & Spirits Supreme Court Tennessee liquor lawsWayne Risher
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