Case Name: In the Matter of Joseph Victori & Co. Inc., Petitioner, v. Donald S. Hostetter, as Chairman of the State Liquor Authority, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1970-03-12
Citations: 34 A.D.2d 522
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Joseph Victori & Co. Inc., Petitioner, v. Donald S. Hostetter, as Chairman of the State Liquor Authority, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 34
Pages: 522–522

Head Matter:
(March 12, 1970)
In the Matter of Joseph Victori & Co. Inc., Petitioner, v. Donald S. Hostetter, as Chairman of the State Liquor Authority, Respondent.

Opinion:
Determination of the State Liquor Authority, dated June 18, 1969, which, in sustaining certain charges against petitioner, directed with respect to charges 1 and 2, a penalty of 30 days' suspension of license (suspension temporarily deferred) and the imposition of a $2,500 bond claim, unanimously modified on the law and in the exercise of discretion to the extent of substituting for the penalty and bond claim, the issuance of a letter of warning; and as so modified the determination is confirmed, without costs and without disbursements. While we find substantial evidence to uphold the determination of a technical violation as to charges 1 and 2, we find in the circumstances that the penalty imposed was excessive and should have been limited to a letter of warning as indicated herein. Concur— Stevens, P. J., Markewich, Nunez and Tilzer, JJ.