City of Santa Fe v. Tomada

OPINION

BUSTAMANTE, Judge.

{1} The issue in this case involves the proper way to measure the distance between a school and a “licensed premise” in which liquor is sold. The Director of the Alcohol and Gaming Division approved the transfer of a liquor license applying the Division’s longstanding regulation and method of measurement. The district court disagreed, holding that the regulation conflicted with the Liquor Control Act’s method of measurement. Determining that the Director’s interpretation of the Liquor Control Act is correct, we reverse.

BACKGROUND

{2} Western Refining Southwest, Inc.…