Norton v. Alcoholic Beverage Control Board

OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

This case requires us to determine which of two conflicting statutes governs the transactions at issue. One statute prohibits the Alaska Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (hereafter ABC or Board) from approving liquor license transfer applications when a creditor of the transferor has not received payment or security for payment of a debt. This statute was repealed and replaced by a new statute permitting transfer in the above situation if the application is pursuant to an earlier transfer whereby the parties thereto agreed that the license would be retransferred in the…