A court hearing is scheduled for today in a long-running fight that prohibits liquor stores from operating within a half mile of each other.
The state wants to get rid of the distance requirement which has been in effect for four decades.
The state liquor control commission says the rule quashes competition.
The Associated Food and Petroleum dealers sued the state.
It contents eliminating the rule would cause irreparable harm to thousands of liquor store owners who have invested a lot of time and money to obtain stare licenses with the
expectation that a competitor could not open shop next door.