Sherry Lehmann, Inc. v. New York State Liquor Authority

—Appeal from judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (William J. Davis, J.), entered March 17, 1989, which *539denied and dismissed petitioners’ petition, filed pursuant to CPLR article 78, in which petitioners sought to preliminarily and permanently enjoin the respondent Authority from issuing a permit, pursuant to Alcoholic Beverage Control Law § 99-b (1) (a), authorizing the public sale at auction of wine, to Janet Henley as executrix of the estate of Alexander H.S. de Hond, unanimously dismissed as moot, without costs or disbursements.

The auction which petitioners sought to enjoin occurred…