First Church of Christ v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission

This is a petition by “a duly organized [c]hurch” for a writ of certiorari to compel the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (ABC) to “show cause . . . why . . . [it] should not be ordered to annul, or be restrained from putting into effect . . . [its] order of transfer [of a seven day all alcoholic beverages license from 175 Dartmouth Street, Boston, to 215 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston] and on a hearing of the issues have . . . [its] order of transfer quashed and declared invalid. The respondent demurred on the grounds, inter alla, that the petition “does not set forth facts sufficient to…