AWT Beaver Independence Deli, Inc. v. Commonwealth

OPINION BY

Judge LEADBETTER.

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (Board) and the Township of Independence, Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Township), appeal respective orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County (common pleas) that reversed the Township’s and the Board’s denials of applications by AWT Beaver Independence Deli, Inc. t/a Beaver Independence Deli (AWT), for approval of an intermunicipal transfer of a liquor license pursuant to Section 461(b.3) of the Liquor Code (Code).1

Section 461 provides in pertinent part:

*502An intermunicipal transfer of a license ... must first be…