Malt Beverages Distributors Ass'n v. Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board

OPINION

Justice BAER.

We granted allocatur in these consolidated appeals to determine whether the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (“PLCB”) erred by authorizing five restaurants, each of which is interconnected to a supermarket, to sell beer for consumption on the premises, as well as in limited quantities for takeout purposes. The parties agree that each premises constitutes a “restaurant” as defined by Section 102 of the Liquor Code, 47 P.S. § 1-102. 1 Thus, our inquiry focuses on whether the PLCB acted within its discretion when it approved the interior connection between the licensed…