Press Liquors, Inc. v. Frank E. Weakley, Chairman, Alcoholic Beverage Control Board

D.C.Code § 25-107 authorizes the Commissioners “to prescribe such rules and regulations not inconsistent with this chapter as they may deem necessary * * * to control and regulate * * * sale * * * of alcoholic beverages * * *.” They are given “full power and authority to prescribe the terms and conditions under which alcoholic beverages may be sold by each class of licensees * * Manufacturers are a “class of licensees” and so are wholesalers. D.C.Code § 25-111. Section 2-128 (c) of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Regulations provides that “no retailer who remains in arrears” in paying for…