Viola v. Liquor Control Commission

The defendant liquor control commission, after hearing, denied the plaintiff’s application for a cafe permit at 84 Union Place in Hartford. The commission acted under authority of § 30-46 of the General Statutes, the material portion of which provides that “[t]he commission may, except as to a store engaged chiefly in the sale of groceries, refuse to grant permits for the sale of alcoholic liquor if it has reasonable cause to believe: ... (3) that the number of permit premises in the locality is such that the granting of a permit is detrimental to public interest, and, in reaching a…