Wood v. Illinois Liquor Control Commission

This is an appeal from a decision of a circuit court sitting in administrative review. Defendant Sills owned and operated the Geneva Liquor Store, Inc., and held a valid liquor license for its operation. When he learned he was to lose his lease, Sills contracted to pinchase another building in Geneva and applied for a transfer of the liquor license to the new location. The mayor, as local liquor control commissioner, denied the transfer. Defendant Sills appealed the denial to the Illinois Liquor Control Commission, hereinafter referred to as State Commission, which granted a hearing de novo.

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