The Kentucky Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and The Party Source package liquor store are asking U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II to stop enforcement of a ruling that would allow grocery stores and other outlets to sell booze. Heyburn ruled in August that Kentucky's law barring grocery stores, gas stations and other retailers from selling wine and liquor is unconstitutional because it violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. The state and liquor store say they plan to appeal the decision to the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati.
