B. P. O. E. Lodge No. 2043 of Brunswick v. Ingraham

WERNICK, Justice.

These four cases, consolidated for purposes of appellate review,® involve fifteen subordinate lodges of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and their asserted entitlements to be licensed by the State to sell intoxicating liquors for beverage use.

The State Liquor Commission has appealed from final Superior Court judgments in the form of permanent injunctions operating affirmatively, even though worded negatively, to compel the State Liquor Commission to renew the liquor selling licenses of the plaintiffs for the calendar year 1971. 1

The facts of three of the cases are…