Coburn v. Arkansas State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board

Frank Holt, Justice.

This appeal comes from a ruling by the circuit court that there was substantial evidence to support the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board’s decision to suspend the appellant’s retail beer permit for 30 days and to impose a probationary period of 90 days following suspension. We affirm.

There was evidence that when a taxicab driver delivered his passenger to the “Playpen”, the premises of the appellant permitee, there was an unprovoked attack upon the cab driver. He was severely beaten by the manager, appellant’s husband, and another individual who was a part-time employee.…