Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement v. D'Angio, Inc.

I respectfully dissent because I disagree with the majority’s reasoning that a liquor licensee can shield itself from applicability of the Liquor Code simply by virtue of placing its liquor license in safekeeping. The majority finds that, when a license is held in safekeeping, the operations for which a liquor license is issued have, for all intents and purposes, ceased. Thus, the majority concludes that a licensee cannot be charged with a violation of the Code when its license is available for use but is not in use because the license is in safekeeping.

I find no support in either the Liquor…