Legal Opinion

Connolly v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided November 6, 1956PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.

Appeals from orders for judgments in two proceedings are here involved. The first is a petition for a writ of certiorari brought by a registered pharmacist, who runs a drug store in Framingham, to review and quash the proceedings by the alcoholic beverages control commission disapproving his application for a license. The second is a petition for a writ of mandamus to direct the commission to approve the application. The cases were heard together on the pleadings and a return in the certiorari proceeding containing the transcript of evidence before the commission. It was ordered that judgment…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Ziffrin, Inc. v. ReevesSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  2. Carter v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  3. Gifford v. Commissioner of Public HealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
  4. Butler v. Town of East BridgewaterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
  5. Finlay v. Eastern Racing Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Seagram Distillers Co. v. Alcoholic Beverages Control CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
  2. Hastings Associates, Inc. v. Local 369 Building Fund, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1997
  3. Guild Wineries and Distilleries, an Agricultural Cooperative, Plaintiff v. Whitehall Co., Ltd., a Massachusetts CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
  4. Saxon Coffee Shop, Inc. v. Boston Licensing BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
  5. Johnson v. MartignettiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978

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