Wernikoff v. Vanneman

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE DOWNING

delivered the opinion of the court:

Jay Wernikoff (hereinafter petitioner) brought an action seeking a writ of mandamus to compel Edgar Vanneman, Jr., the Mayor and Local Liquor Control Commissioner of the City of Evanston (hereinafter defendant), to issue to petitioner a class D liquor license. The trial court granted petitioner’s motion for summary judgment and ordered a writ of mandamus directing the issuance of the liquor license to the petitioner. Defendant now prosecutes this appeal from that order.

The following chronology of events provides the factual…