Indiana Wholesale Wine & Liquor Co. v. State Ex Rel. Indiana Alcoholic Beverage Commission

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

SULLIVAN, Justice.

This unusual case involves a dispute over whether an Indiana statute allows a particular corporation to hold wine and liquor wholesalers’ permits. After granting the permits in 1987, the Indiana Alcoholic Beverage Commission apparently second-guessed its own decision in 1991 and sought court guidance as to whether it was right. When the case reached the Indiana Court of Appeals, that court invalidated the statute as violative of the federal constitution.

In brief, we conclude that the Alcoholic Beverage Commission was right in the first place and that…