California Appeals Court Upholds Formula Business Law
The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/california-appeals-court-upholds-formula-business-law/A California Appeals Court has upheld a local ordinance restricting the proliferation of formula retail businesses in Coronado, a city of 24,000 people near San Diego. The court ruled that the ordinance does not violate the US Constitution’s commerce and equal protection clauses, and is a valid use of municipal authority under California state law.
The ordinance, enacted in December 2000, requires anyone seeking to open a formula retail business to obtain a special permit.


