Atkinson v. Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission

Opinion

KEENAN, J.

This appeal is from a decision of the Circuit Court for the City of Roanoke, upholding a determination by the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission that the ABC license of Eldridge M. Atkinson, appellant, should be suspended for forty-five (45) days, or in the alternative, for thirty (30) days with a five hundred dollar ($500.00) fine. The basis for this action was that Atkinson’s business, Jackie’s Place, was so located that violations of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act or the laws of the Commonwealth relating to peace and good order had resulted from issuance of…