Rite Aid of West Virginia, Inc. v. The City of Charleston

In Rite Aid of West Virginia, Inc. v. The City of Charleston, 189 W.Va. 707, 434 S.E.2d 379 (1993), the Court found that the City's municipal ordinance which imposed a license fee on businesses selling liquor was invalid because W.Va. Code 60-4-18 (1935) prohibited a municipal corporation from imposing a fee or special tax as a condition upon the exercise of a state-issued liquor license. 189 W.Va. at 709, 434 S.E.2d at 381.