Traffic Jam & Snug, Inc v. Liquor Control Commission

Petitioners appeal by leave granted from an order of the Wayne Circuit Court that upheld a declaratory ruling of the Liquor Control Commission (lcc). The lcc had found that it was prohibited by statute from licensing as a brewer a corporation that is a wholly owned subsidiary of a retail licensee. We agree and affirm.

Petitioner Traffic Jam & Snug, Inc., operates a restaurant, bakery, and cheese factory and holds class C and specially designated merchant liquor licenses. Petitioner Dylan Enterprises, Inc., owns the realty where Traffic Jam is located, and both Traffic Jam and Dylan Enterprises…