Mezzetti Associates, Inc. v. State Liquor Authority

• Decision Date: 07 February 1980
• Citation: 49 N.Y.2d 753,426 N.Y.S.2d 479
• Parties: , 403 N.E.2d 184 In the Matter of WILLIAM J. MEZZETTI ASSOCIATES, INC., Appellant, v. STATE LIQUOR AUTHORITY, Respondent.
• Court: New York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals

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426 N.Y.S.2d 479

49 N.Y.2d 753, 403 N.E.2d 184

In the Matter of WILLIAM J. MEZZETTI ASSOCIATES, INC., Appellant, v. STATE LIQUOR AUTHORITY, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Feb. 7, 1980.

Abraham Walters, Abraham M. Buchman, Raymond Reisler, Joel Buchman and Mark Koslowe, New York City, for appellant.

Martin P. Mehler and Warren B. Pesetsky, New York City, for respondent.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. (Burton Herman and Shirley Adelson Siegel, Asst. Attys. Gen., of counsel), in his statutory capacity pursuant to section 71 of the Executive Law.

OPINION OF THE COURT

The judgment of the Appellate Division, 66 A.D.2d 800, 410 N.Y.S.2d 893 should be affirmed, with costs, for the reasons stated in the memorandum of the Appellate Division. If considerations of current public policy suggest that the statute should be amended, petition for such remedy must be addressed to the Legislature.

COOKE, C. J., and JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER, JJ., concur in memorandum.