Legal Opinion
Brentwood Liquors, Inc. v. District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 22, 1995No. 92-AA-822PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRELL, Associate Judge:
This petition for review challenging the issuance of a class B license to intervenor to dispense alcoholic beverages presents both a standing and a merits issue. We hold first that petitioners, holders of liquor licenses in the same neighborhood as intervenor, have standing to assert the violation of a regulation prohibiting the issuance of a liquor license to an establishment located within 400 feet of another licensee. Second, we hold that the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board failed to provide a reasoned basis for deviating from its past construction of a regulation…
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