Coyote Jacks has appealed to Chancery Court the action of the City Beer Board in revoking its license.
The action was taken after an 18-year-old was shot and killed near the front door of the establishment.
The city of Chattanooga afterward asked that the bar on the Southside be closed as a public nuisance. Numerous police calls there were cited.
The lawsuit says Coyote Jacks had requested a continuance because its attorney was away on a long planned trip. It says the board went ahead anyway, though bar owners said they would remain closed until the hearing.
It says the hearing went forward with a representative for the bar.
The suit denies the bar was over-crowded, saying it was several hundred people under the limit.
It says there were no issues until police arrived and began to shut down an event.