542 So. 2d 906 - Dantzler v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
August 2004
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Griswold v. State of Connecticut · Olmstead v. United States · Stanley v. Georgia · Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. v. Hostetter · Ziffrin, Inc. v. Reeves
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“The importance and significance of this decision are enormous. If this Court agreed with the contention and argument of Dantzler and reversed the lower court, the effect would be to abolish prohibition and nullify local option law in Mississippi. Alcoholic beverages could be purchased wherever they are legal and carried into “dry” areas for consumption, even where a majority of the people have voted to maintain such areas “dry.” The Court would have thwarted the will and rights of the people by destroying their freedom of choice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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