Fargo Beverage Co. v. City of Fargo

VANDE WALLE, Justice.

Fargo Beverage Company (FBC) has appealed from a district court judgment denying its application for a writ of mandamus and dismissing its complaint in a proceeding arising out of the denial by the City of Fargo (the City) of FBC’s application for the transfer to it of a Class B alcoholic beverage license held by Dacotah Liquors, Inc. (Dacotah). We affirm.

FBC entered into an agreement for the purchase of Dacotah. The purchase agreement was conditioned upon the City’s approval of the transfer of Dacotah’s Class B alcoholic beverage license to FBC by July 1, 1989. At the…