Boreta Enterprises, Inc. v. Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control

Opinion

SULLIVAN, J.

These two cases, considered together because of their common issues, present the question of whether the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (Department) has abused its discretion in revoking the on-sale, general bona fide eating place license of Boreta Enterprises, Inc. (licensee) doing business as the Off Broadway in San Francisco. In each of these actions the Department has appealed from a judgment of the San Francisco Superior Court 1 granting a peremptory writ of mandate which set aside the decision of the Department, affirmed by the Alcoholic Beverage Control…