An Allegheny County ordinance taxing the sale of alcoholic beverages has withstood Pennsylvania appellate court scrutiny, after a Commonwealth Court panel rejected challenges to the law filed on behalf of bar and restaurant owners in Allegheny County.
A three-judge panel in Barrel of Monkeys v. Allegheny County rejected arguments from two bars and an Allegheny County not-for-profit contesting that the ordinance violated the state constitution’s “single subject” and uniformity rules and that it fell outside parameters of the U.S. Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause.
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