Walpole v. State Liquor Authority

The question presented in this article 78 proceeding is whether petitioner is disqualified from holding a retail liquor license pursuant to section 128 of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law on the sole basis of her husband’s position as a State policeman.

That statute in pertinent part provides: “ It shall be unlawful for any police commissioner, police inspector; captain, sergeant, roundsman, patrolman or other police official or subordinate of any police department in the several villages, towns and cities of this state, to be either directly or indirectly interested in the manufacture or…