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PURPLE ORCHID, INC. v. STATE POLICE

813 A.2d 801 (2002)

PURPLE ORCHID, INC., Appellant, v. PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE, Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 31, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Durst, Philadelphia, for Purple Orchid, Inc.

Thomas M. Ballaron, Harrisburg, for Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement

Francis X. O'Brien, for Liquor Control Board

Before ZAPPALA, C.J., and CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, SAYLOR and EAKIN, JJ.

OPINION

Justice CASTILLE.

The issue in this appeal is whether Section 4-493(10) of the Liquor Code, 47 P.S. § 4-493(10), as applied to appellant, violates appellant's right to freedom of expression under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.1 For the reasons set forth below, we hold that it does not and, accordingly, we affirm the decision of the Commonwealth Court.

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