Bd. of Liquor Commissioners for Balt. City v. Austin

The transfer of a liquor license in Baltimore City often involves issues of life and death, and in some instances, zombies and phantoms. 1 In this case, the Circuit Court for Baltimore City reversed the September 25, 2014, two-to-one decision of the Board of Liquor Commissioners for Baltimore City (the “Board”) that the license to sell liquor at an establishment previously known as Turner’s in Federal Hill, (the “License”), had “expired.” Appellants are the Federal Hill Neighborhood Association in addition to a number of individuals 2 (collectively referred to in this opinion as the…