Rico's of the Berkshires, Inc. v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission

Armed with a search warrant, two plain-clothes detectives, two F.B.I. agents, and nine uniformed officers descended at 9:00 p.m. on March 3, 1983-, upon Chuck’s Place, a restaurant in Pittsfield. We may infer that the members of this task force found less than they were looking for. The contraband their five-hour search produced was approximately five and a half grams of cocaine (of an estimated value of $600), a pipe with traces of marijuana in it, and related trappings. The possessor of the drugs, Charles (“Chuck”) Coppola, later pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance. In…