Nelseco Navigation Co. v. Department of Liquor Control

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the defendant department of liquor control has jurisdiction over a private party on premises covered by a liquor permit when there was no sale or delivery of alcoholic beverages thereon by the permittee or its agent. The defendant suspended the plaintiffs’1 liquor license for five days because of a disturbance on the plaintiffs’ boat involving intoxicated persons while the boat had been chartered for a private affair. The plaintiffs appealed that decision to the Superior Court, Quinn, J., which upheld the defendant’s decision and dismissed the appeal.…