Chernov Enterprises, Inc. v. Scuncio

Chernov Enterprises, Inc., a Rhode Island corporation, and the holder of a Class B retail liquor license, owns and operates a restaurant and night club known as “The Warehouse” at 95 India Street in the City of Providence. On May 7, 1969, Chernov applied to the Providence Bureau of Licenses for permission to have “Pacific Gas and Electric,” a rock group, and Neil Young, a singer, perform respectively at the Warehouse on May 11 and May 18, 1969, both Sundays, and to charge an admission fee for the shows. The applications were denied.

Notwithstanding that the case was then moot in the sense that…