Brabham Petroleum Co. v. Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board

By Judge Clifford R. Weckstein

Brabham Petroleum Company appeals Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board decisions suspending the company’s license to sell alcoholic beverages at four convenience stores it owns and operates. The appeals are before this court pursuant to Virginia Code § 9-6.14:16. By agreement, these three cases have been consolidated for argument and decision. The “entire evidential record” of the ABC Board’s proceedings is before me. Va. Code § 9-6.14:17.

I must review, the facts of each of these three cases in the light most favorable to the Board’s action. In each case, I…