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...Grendel's Den was originally denied a liquor license in 1977 because of a veto by the Holy Cross Armenian Catholic Church. A state law allowing a church to prevent restaurants from serving alcohol within 500 feet of its door enabled the church to exercise its veto. But ruling on an appeal of the Grendel's case, the U.S. Supreme Court declared the state, law unconstitutional...
Although Ruggles license was not denied because of an outright church veto, the commission still granted the resuturant a rehearing after the Supreme Court's ruling on the Grendel's case...
Lawyers for both restaurants said last night the two cases were not identical. Grendel's license was purchased from another establishment, and is not a new one, noted Lawrence H Tribe '62, Harvard professor of law and attorney for Grendel...
Ruggles wants a license to sell only beer and wine, while the license owned by Grendel's would allow the restaurant to sell all kinds of alcohol
Joanna Jerison, a representative of Holy Cross Church also testified that a license for Grendel's was not in the public good, citing the restaurant's past health code violations as evidence