Schreiber v. Illinois Liquor Control Commission

Abe Greengard, who proposed to open a restaurant in the village of Barrington, was denied a retail liquor license by the local commissioner on the ground it would exceed the limit of four fixed by a village ordinance as amended in 1935. The village board voted to uphold the action of its commissioner, whereupon Greengard appealed to the State Liquor Control Commission which conducted a hearing de novo, (See: Ill. Rev. Stat. 1955, chap. 43, par. 153; Hornstein v. Illinois Liquor Control Com. 412 Ill. 365,) and, with one member dissenting, overruled the decision of the local official. While not…