Hovey v. Department of Revenue, Liquor Div.

This case comes to this Court from the District Court of the First Judicial District, Lewis and Clark County. The District Court denied appellant’s petition for a writ of mandate, requiring the Department of Revenue (DOR) to allow him to apply for one of six new liquor licenses to be issued in the Billings area. From that denial this appeal was taken.

In September 1981, six new floater all beverage liquor licenses became available in Billings based on the statistics compiled in the 1980 census. On October 5, 1981, appellant, Hovey, applied for one of these licenses to use in his downtown…