New City Hotel Co. v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission

This petition for review under the Administrative Procedure Act (G-. L. c. 30A) seeks to set aside a decision of the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (ABC) revoking an innholders’ liquor license granted to the petitioner. The ABC’s decision was affirmed in the Superior Court and the petitioner appealed.

The relevant facts, which are not in dispute, are these.1 From 1942 to 1957 the petitioner, a Massachusetts corporation, was duly licensed to sell alcoholic beverages in connection with a hotel which it operated in Worcester. In December, 1956, the premises occupied by the petitioner were…