Court Opinion

ID: 9699824
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 20:53:10.328623+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:20:58.303202
License: Public Domain

Concurring Opinion by
Judge Doyle :
It is absolutely unclear what part of the entire property or area was licensed so as to reasonably hold the Licensee accountable for wrongful activity which takes place there. It was established that there was a Bavarian Festival being held, or a “funfest” as it was also called, and that Old Express Limited had a license to dispense alcoholic beverages during the festival. But nowhere was it ever established that the parking lot area was used by only those persons going into the tent of the Licensee or that the Licensee had the exclusive control over the parking lot.
In J-J Bar, Inc.; Salvia’s Bar, Inc., and all similar cases which have dealt with this type of situation the adult person supplying the alcoholic beverage as well as the minors involved, were within the enclosed structure of the bar, or licensed premises. They all were areas which one could reasonably infer would come within the purview of the Licensee’s responsibility to police. Here we have an open parking lot with no evidence establishing either what area, or what “premises,” was expressly licensed or facts from which we could place such a responsibility upon the Licensee.
There must be some degree of reasonable relationship between the responsibility of the Licensee, espe*392cially in view of the strict interpretations of the Code against the Licensee, and the area over which, or within which, the Licensee can be held accountable.