Beer board says it can not be sued to turn off honky-tonk taps

The National Capitals Board of Governors for Beer asks a federal court to drop a lawsuit filed by several Nashville, Tennessee, honky-tonk bars over COVID-19 closures.

Kid Rock & # 39 ;s Big Honky Tonk & Steakhouse, The Local Spot, Harry O & # 39; s Steakhouse and Honky Tonk Central filed a complaint against the Metro Nashville Beer Board in May, claiming that the board, as well as the state and City officials unfairly demanded that bars and restaurants be closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and asked the court for compensation, according to The Tennessean newspaper.

The beer board, which turned off the taps in Kid Rock & # 39 ;s bar and three others for not following COVID-1

9 orders, claimed in its application on Tuesday that it could not be sued under its Metro Charter, the newspaper reported. The board also claimed that the honks could not ask for legal relief because a federal judge denied their request to pour alcohol and play that country music despite suspension orders.

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