Commonwealth v. Beer & Pop Warehouse, Inc.

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (Board) fined Beer & Pop Warehouse, Inc. (licensee) $500 for selling alcohol to a minor. The Allegheny County Common Pleas Court sustained the licensees appeal. The Board appeals; we reverse.

The issue before this Court is whether the Board complied with a certain statutory time limitation found in Section 471 of the Liquor Code,1 which establishes *561calendar time constraints on the investigation, citation and disposition of. alleged Liquor Code violations. This Court has recently examined other schedule restrictions…