Legal Opinion

Lousil, Inc. v. Liquor Control Board

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 21, 1972No. Appeal, No. 458 C.D. 1971PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Once again we are urged, for unquestionably sound reasons of community betterment, to strain the construction of an Act of the General Assembly and to ignore a holding of our Supreme Court; and to do so, furthermore, with reference to a matter readily subject to amelioration by the Legislature, if that be its will. It is not within the authority of this or any court to rewrite the statutory law of the Commonwealth definitively construed by the Supreme Court, however urgent the cause or dim the hope for legislative attention. Even if such authority were conferred upon…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Obradovich Liquor License CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Paxon Maymar, Inc. v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  2. Arrington v. Pennsylvania Liquor Control BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  3. In re Appeal of RuschCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  4. Rusch Liquor License CaseCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  5. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board v. Herrmann Bros.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1985

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