Thompson v. Town of East Greenwich

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

The town of East Greenwich (town) and the Board of Licensing Commissioners of the Town of East Greenwich (board), defendants, have petitioned this court pursuant to a common-law writ of certiorari to review a Superior Court decision that reversed a ruling of the liquor control administrator and entered a judgment in favor of Brian L. Thompson (Thompson), plaintiff. 1 The issues before us are predicated on the following facts.

According to the record, in 1979 the town’s liquor-licensing commissioners issued to Thompson a class-B retail liquor license for the premises…