TED SHARPENTER, INC. v. ILL. LIQ. CONT. COM'N

No. 64579.

119 Ill.2d 169 (1987)

518 N.E.2d 128

TED SHARPENTER, INC., Appellant, v. THE ILLINOIS LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION et al., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied February 2, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Acker and James L. Long, of Chicago (Winston & Strawn, of counsel), for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Roma Jones Stewart and Shawn W. Denney, Solicitors General, and William D. Frazier, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellee Illinois Liquor Control Commission.

George W. Keeley, of Chicago (Halfpenny, Hahn & Roche, of counsel), for appellees Ronald Nichols et al.

John P. Ryan, Jr. and Steven B. Varick, of McBride, Baker & Coles, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.

Herman G. Bodewes and Bridget E. Madigan, of Giffin, Winning, Lindner, Cohen & Bodewes, P.C., of Springfield, for amicus curiae Associated Beer Distributors of Illinois et al.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

In November of 1983, Patrick Burke, Richard Ernzen, James McCue, Ronald Nichols and George Zobrest filed a complaint with the Illinois Liquor Commission (Commission) charging that Ted Sharpenter, Inc.'s, practice of offering preferential price discounts violated the Liquor Control Act of 1934 (the Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 43, par. 93.9 et seq....

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