PORT OIL COMPANY v. Allen

Sanders, Chief Judge:

Respondent Bobbie G. Hardee, Jr. applied on behalf of respondent Port Oil Company, Inc. to appellant South Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission for a permit to sell beer and wine for off-premise consumption. The Commission denied the application, concluding that the Port Oil location was not a proper one. Port Oil appealed to the Circuit Court which reversed the Commission’s decision ordering it to issue the permit. The Commission appealed to the Supreme Court. While this appeal was pending before the Supreme Court, Justice Ness issued a writ of mandamus for the…