Legal Opinion
DiRocco Liquor License Case
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 20, 1950No. Appeal, 80PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Dithrich, J.,
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board has appealed from an order of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Chester County directing it to issue a liquor license to John DiRocco, trading as DiRocco’s Restaurant, appellee. The Board had refused to grant the license, but the court below sustained an appeal from the decision of the Board and ordered and directed that the license be issued.
The question involved is whether the learned court beloAV was justified in directing the issuance of the license for premises which it found to be within 300 feet of a lot purchased by a school…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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