South Jersey Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. v. Burnett

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Perskie, J.

This matter is before us on the return of an order to show cause why a writ of certiorari should not issue to review a decision of the late Commissioner of the Department of Alcohol Beverage Control reversing the judgment of the municipal excise board of the city of Camden which body had refused to transfer the plenary retail consumption license to respondent Victor H. Potamkin.

In order clearly to understand the circumstances giving rise to the instant litigation it is necessary at the outset briefly to summarize certain provisions of the…