Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board v. American & Croation Singing Society

Concurring Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr. :

Reluctantly, I concur. I must again reiterate the position I took in Liquor Control Board v. Cassanese, 8 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 599, 602-03, 303 A. 2d 871, 873 (1973). There, as here, I pointed out that the Liquor Control Board’s technical interpretation of the Act seemed inappropriate. Procedural purity should not be used to disguise personal conflicts and infirm investigations thereby jeopardizing citizens’ rights and privileges.

If the Board or the investigators felt that the licensee was guilty of certain questionable and possibly illegal activity…