Independent State Store Union v. Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board appeals from decrees of a single judge of the Commonwealth Court granting applications for a preliminary injunction which prohibits the Board from carrying out its plan to implement a new pricing system for State Liquor Store merchandise. We conclude that the preliminary injunction was improperly issued. Hence we vacate the Commonwealth Court’s decree and dismiss the applications.

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The Liquor Code, from which the Board draws its authority,

“shall be deemed an exercise of the police power of this Commonwealth for the…