Richards v. Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control

Opinion

CROSKEY, J.

Roland Richards, owner of a restaurant and supper club known as the Atlas Bar and Grill, appeals a summary judgment in favor of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (Department). He contends the Department acted in an arbitrary and discriminatory manner in revoking or suspending an alcoholic beverage license issued to the prior owner and in causing the prior owner to surrender the license. We conclude that Richards’s failure to apply for a transfer of the license or for an original license was a failure to exhaust an administrative remedy and is a complete defense to…