Haugland v. Spaeth

LEVINE, Justice.

The Hauglands appeal from a district court judgment affirming the Attorney General’s decision to suspend their liquor license. We affirm.

Darlene and Erling Haugland are owners of The South Forty, an eating establishment in Lincoln. While the South Forty was under construction, the North Dakota Department of Health inspected it and issued the Hauglands a restaurant license. That same month, the Hauglands applied for and received, from the Attorney General, a license to sell retail alcoholic beverages.

Because a fire safety inspection of the restaurant was not conducted after the…