Commonwealth v. Chinese Gourmet, Inc.

DOYLE, Judge.

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (Board) appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County vacating the Board’s refusal of Chinese Gourmet, Inc.’s application for a person-to-person and place-to-place transfer of a distributor license pursuant to Section 468 of the Liquor Code, 47 P.S. § 4-468.1 The trial court’s order is reversed and the decision of the Board is reinstated.2

The issues presented are two:(1) Whether or not the trial court exceeded its scope of review, and;(2) Whether it was a manifest abuse of discretion when the Board denied a license to a…