Affiliated Distillers Brands Corp. v. State Liquor Authority

These seven article 78 proceedings present the common issue of the applicability of section 101-b (subd. 3, par. [d]) of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law (“ABC Law”) to the transactions hereafter described.

On February 10,1964, in a special message to the Legislature, the Governor urged the enactment of proposed amendments to the ABC Law recommended by the Moreland Commission in a report on its study of the State’s liquor control laws arid regulations. (McKinney’s Sess. Laws, 1964, pp. 1945-1948.) *338The message adverts to the findings of the Moreland Commission with regard to retail prices.…