RIHGA International U.S.A., Inc. v. New York State Liquor Authority

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, with costs, and the petition dismissed.

Petitioner is the owner of the RIHGA Royal Hotel in New York City. Three unrelated manufacturers of alcohol products hold ownership interests in petitioner. Those separate interests, which are held indirectly, each aggregates less than 10% of the ownership of petitioner. In May of 1990 respondent denied petitioner’s application for a license to sell alcohol at the RIHGA Royal Hotel basing its denial, inter alla, on Alcoholic Beverage Control Law § 101 (1) (a).

Petitioner…