Case Name: In the Matter of College Point Wine & Liquors, Inc., Petitioner, against John F. O'Connell et al., Constituting the State Liquor Authority, Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1946-09-30
Citations: 271 A.D.2d 278
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of College Point Wine & Liquors, Inc., Petitioner, against John F. O’Connell et al., Constituting the State Liquor Authority, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 271
Pages: 278–279

Head Matter:
In the Matter of College Point Wine & Liquors, Inc., Petitioner, against John F. O’Connell et al., Constituting the State Liquor Authority, Respondents.
First Department,
September 30, 1946.
Joseph Ferber for petitioner.
Alvin McKinley Sylvester for respondents.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The failure to disclose in the original application in 1944 that petitioner's officer, stockholder and director had previously been arrested on three occasions although a false statement was not a " material " false statement. The arrests were made on charges which were trivial, and all were dismissed. The statement, therefore, was insufficient basis for the cancellation of petitioner's retail liquor license for the period March 1, 1946, to February 28, 1947. (Matter of 67 Liquor Shop, Inc., v. O'Connell, 270 App. Div. 773.)
The determination of the State Liquor Authority should, therefore, be annulled, with $50 costs and disbursements to the petitioner.
Martin, P. J., Townley and Cohn, JJ., concur in Per Curiam opinion; Dore and Callahan, JJ., dissent and vote to confirm the determination.
Determination annulled, with $50 costs and disbursements to the petitioner. Settle order on notice.