RIHGA International U.S.A., Inc. v. New York State Liquor Authority

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Alice Schlesinger, J.), entered on or about March 26, 1993, which granted petitioner’s CPLR article 78 petition, annulled respondent’s October 5, 1992 declaratory ruling denying petitioner a license to sell liquor at its RIHGA Royal Hotel, and remanded the matter to respondent for further proceedings, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Contrary to respondent State Liquor Authority’s contention, its declaratory ruling that a retail license may not issue when wholesalers or manufacturers own an interest in the premises is, in the circumstances here…