Legal Opinion
Sepatis v. Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 10, 1980No. Civ. 48649PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GRODIN, J.
This case presents apparently novel questions in the context of liquor licensing. It arose when William Sepatis (petitioner) applied to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (Department) pursuant to Business and Professions Code section 23950 et seq. 1 for transfer of an on-sale retail liquor license to a renovated building on Haight Street, San Francisco, so that he might operate a bar at that location. Section 23958 provides in part that the Department “may deny an application for a license if issuance of such license would tend to create a law enforcement problem,…
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