Fayetteville School District No. 1 v. Alcoholic Beverage Control Board

George Rose Smith, Justice.

In 1981 the principal appellee, Kathleen D. Burke, applied to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board for permission to transfer her retail liquor outlet from its location in a shopping mall in Fayetteville to a new location on North Garland Avenue near the intersection of Highways 16 and 112. The application was opposed by the appellants — a school district and seven individuals — and by others who signed petitions opposing the application but did not otherwise participate in the proceedings. After a hearing the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board approved the transfer.…