Pennsylvania Tavern Ass'n v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

On May 8, 1972, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (Board)' issued three identical citations against three Lancaster County beer distributors: Elemar, Inc., Garrett Hill Beverage Co., Inc., and Railsplitter, Inc., all trading as Thrifty Beverage. Each was charged with having “permitted a person who has an interest in another Distributor or Importing Distributor License to have an interest in your licensed business.”1

*266On August 25, 1972, the Board suspended all three licenses for a period of twenty-one days or until such time as all of the illegal interests had been…