PA. LIQUOR CONTROL BD. v. TLK, INC.


518 Pa. 500 (1988)

544 A.2d 931

PENNSYLVANIA LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD, Appellee, v. TLK, INC., t/a Peter P's, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 27, 1988.

Reargument Denied September 27, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Morgan, Jr., Harrisburg, for appellant.

Eileen S. Maunus, Asst. Counsel, Kenneth Skelly, Chief Counsel, Harrisburg, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and STOUT, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

This appeal from the revocation of a restaurant liquor license presents a question never before addressed by this Court: the extent to which a licensee may be liable for illicit drug transactions by an employee. We hold that a strict liability standard is inappropriate and that at least some degree of scienter is required. When violations of the Liquor Code and its attendant...

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