Yacht Club v. Utah Liquor Control Commission

HALL, Chief Justice:

The Utah Liquor Control Commission (“Commission”) suspended The Yacht Club’s (“Club”) state store operation and consumption and storage license because of findings that the Club had made an unlawful sale of an alcoholic beverage to a nonmember in violation of U.C.A., 1953, § 16-6-13.1(9) (Supp.1983). We affirm.

At a hearing before a hearing examiner for the Commission, William Pectol, a liquor law enforcement agent, testified that, although he was not a member, he had entered the Yacht Club on April 20, 1981, and purchased a “VO and Coke.” Pectol claimed that he placed a…