Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board v. Bridgeport Young Men's Club

Opinion by

Judge Barbieri,

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (Board) appeals here from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County which reversed the Board’s denial of a club liquor license requested by the Bridgeport Men’s Club (Club). We reverse.

From the record before us it appears that the Club is a social organization having 276 members, almost all of whom live in the Brownsville, Pennsylvania area. In August of 1981 the Club applied to the Board for a club liquor license for its clubhouse in Brownsville pursuant to the resort area exception specified in Section 461(b) of…