T.D.N. Enterprises, Inc v. Liquor Control Commission

T.D.N. Enterprises, Inc. is appealing from an order of the trial court which affirmed the decision of the Michigan Liquor Control Commission (MLCC) to issue a Specially Designated Distributor (SDD) license to the defendants William and Judith Spratling. Shop Rite Development Company has intervened in this controversy as an appellant.

There were four competing applicants for one available SDD license in Meridian Township. One of the applicants, T.D.N., requested that the MLCC transfer its previously held SDD license which was being kept in escrow by the MLCC. The Spratlings were the first…