Byrd v. District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board

Petitioner seeks reversal of an order of the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (the Board) suspending him from “all officerships and/or directorships” and from “any active role in the management” of five corporations, restaurants and bars, licensed with the Board pending final disposition of criminal charges against petitioner in the United States District Court.

The Board’s action was taken pursuant to an order to show cause why the corporate appliications for renewal of retail Class “C” liquor licenses should not be denied on the grounds that petitioner, a principal…