Chebacco Liquor Mart, Inc. v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission

The plaintiff, Chebacco Liquor Mart, Inc. (Chebacco), is a package store licensed under G. L. c. 138, § 15, to sell alcoholic beverages not to be consumed on the premises. During an eight-month period in 1996, Chebacco sold alcoholic beverages on Sundays from its store in Essex. The Sunday sale of alcoholic beverages by an entity licensed under § 15 is generally forbidden in the Commonwealth. G. L. c. 138, § 33. G. L. c. 136, § 5. Since 1990, an exception to that prohibition has allowed the retail sale of alcoholic beverages not to be consumed on the premises if the premises are located in a…