Cottrell v. Oregon Liquor Control Commission

Petitioners are the owners and operators of the Blue Boar Inn, a restaurant and tavern in Pine Grove, 17 miles west of Maupin on Highway 216. It is presently licensed to sell retail malt beverages and the applicants applied to the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) for a DA license to sell liquor by the drink. The OLCC denied the application and the applicants seek judicial review.

The OLCC concluded that a DA license was not demanded by the public interest for three basic reasons: (1) "the problems of police protection,” (2) the limitations of the 1:2000 license-to-population quota, ORS…