Daley v. License Appeal Commission

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY

delivered the opinion of the court.

The Local Liquor Control Commissioner of the City of Chicago appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court which affirmed a decision of the License Appeal Commission. The commissioner had refused to issue a retail liquor license to the 11 E. Ohio Corporation on the grounds that the tavern at the location sought to be licensed had a notorious reputation and that the president of the corporation, Maurice Ohren, lacked good moral character. The corporation appealed to the commission which, after a trial de novo, reversed the…