Legal Opinion
Sawdey Liquor License Case
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 19, 1951No. Appeals, Nos. 68, 69PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Reno, J.,
The Liquor Control Board refused to issue a hotel liquor license to appellants because of a local zoning ordinance prohibiting licenses for the dispensing of intoxicating liquors within a prescribed area. This appeal is from the order of the court below affirming the board’s action.
In November, 1948, appellants commenced construction of a hotel on the beach of Lake Erie in Millcreek Township, Erie County. Approximately one year later they applied for a hotel liquor license. Admittedly the physical structure of the premises as well as the aplicants personally met all the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- McGettigan's Liquor License CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- Azarewicz Liquor License CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
- Commonwealth v. BienkowskiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
- Veltri Zoning CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
- Cheris's Liquor License CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- In re New Restaurant Liquor License Caracciolo t/d/b/a Pirates Cove, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Cambria County1982