MATTER OF BEST v. NEW YORK STATE LIQUOR AUTH.


59 N.Y.2d 906 (1983)

In the Matter of Charles W. Best et al., Doing Business as Keg and Cheese Shoppe, Respondents, v. New York State Liquor Authority, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 16, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen D. Kalinsky and Stanley Stein for appellant.

Charles J. Carreras for respondents.

Concur: Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, MEYER and SIMONS. Judge WACHTLER dissents and votes to affirm in an opinion.


Judgment reversed, with costs, and the determination of the State Liquor Authority reinstated for the reasons stated in the dissenting memorandum of Justice LEON D. LAZER at the Appellate Division (89 A.D.2d 893-894).

WACHTLER, J. (dissenting).

If this case represents the bureaucratic enterprise of the State Liquor Authority, Alice would feel very much at home with that agency.

In 1978 Charles and Roger...

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