Fitzgerald v. Illinois Liquor Control Commission

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GOLDBERG

delivered the opinion of the court:

John W. Fitzgerald (plaintiff), the mayor and local liquor commissioner of the city of Burbank, appeals from a judgment affirming the Illinois Liquor Control Commission’s (defendant) reversal of plaintiff’s order of license revocation. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 110, par. 264 et seq.

Plaintiff instituted proceedings to revoke the liquor license of Hank’s Pub, Inc. (licensee), on charges licensee had violated certain ordinance provisions of the city of Burbank. Plaintiff alleged that on September 13, 1978, licensee: (1) suffered or…