Southland Entm't, Inc. v. La. Dep't of Revenue, Office of Alcohol & Tobacco Control

The trial court erred in granting judgment in favor of the ATC in upholding the Commissioner's suspension of the alcohol permit based on the testimony of Agents Banks and Williams. Louisiana Revised Statutes 26:90(A)(11) states that "no person holding a retail dealer's permit and no agent, associate, employee, representative, or servant of any such person ... shall illegally sell, offer for sale, possess or permit the consumption on or about the licensed premises of any kind or type of narcotics or habit forming drugs." On appeal, Southland Entertainment contends that the facts, testimony,…