Local Liquor Control Commission v. Illinois Liquor Control Commission

This cause concerns the affirmance on administrative review of an order of the Illinois Liquor Control Commission which required the Local Liquor Control Commission of the Village of Lombard to issue the next available liquor license to Village Fare, Inc., the applicant, who had been denied a license by the local commission. The local commission, which was the plaintiff on administrative review, appeals to this court.

The determinative issue raised before us is whether the order of the State commission is beyond the manifest weight of the evidence. In addition, other arguments have been raised…