Airport Inn v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Thirty-two hotels and restaurants and one natural person, individually and in behalf of all purchasers of wine from Pennsylvania Liquor Stores, similarly situated, made written claim for money upon the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. They contended that the Board’s imposition from 1955 until 1972 of a markup of fifty-eight per cent on the prices of wines sold in state stores, while imposing a markup of only forty-eight per cent on distilled spirits, was excessive, discriminatory, and illegal and that they and their constituents were entitled to refunds. The Board…