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<br />o <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />Novpmbpr 16. 1976 <br />-' . <br /> <br />Application for restaurant heard <br />by Planning Commission and <br />approvpd unanimously (5-0). <br /> <br />~oVI'mt)l'r 2:~. Hl76 <br />--.----.. <br /> <br />lnv('slig,ltion ;!nd report of New <br />f3righton Polit.(. Department; <br />ree<>TI1mPlld<.d approval. <br /> <br />:\,Cl" ..mlll'r 23, IBi6 <br /> <br />New Brighton (' ity CouncillJearing; <br />approvt>d resl,.urant and deniC'd <br />on-sale liquor li("l'nsp application. <br /> <br />ISSCE <br /> <br />Wl1l'th I (II' not denial of tht' on-sale license by the New Brighton <br /> <br />City Cl)llIH~i1 ()n :'\ovember 23, 1976 was arbitrary and capricious. <br /> <br />.A.HGUMENT <br /> <br />:\ Cit:v Coun~~il is vested with broad discretion in determining liquor <br /> <br />Ijc(~nsl'; nt'\ Pl.th('lpss, tbl' lit.:ensing authority must notactarlitrarily. and thp <br /> <br />('ourts' ..' :11 in'('!'fpr'<' to prevent an abusp of discretionary power. <br /> <br />:n \\-"01(!:. \-. City of Minneapolis, Minn. . 264 NW2d 455, 457, <br />.... -- <br /> <br />1111' Minn' ::'("~l Suprl':'" {'oud re\'nrs('d thp Minneapolis City CouncH which <br /> <br />denil'd ~tl, 'lI1-sale bl"'!' 1 iCf'n:-,e. Th(' l\hnnesota Supreme> Court stated in rele- <br /> <br />vant par" ( <br /> <br />Minn. <br /> <br />. 264 !\.T\\'2d 457): <br /> <br />\'::\n'('rtht'}('..;s. as is t:lt' case with all exercises of <br />discretion iJ~' adminititrative agendps, the licensing <br />authority. must not act arbitrarily or capriciously <br />and courts will intC'rfere to prevent an abust' of <br />di:,>crrtJOnary po\\.t>r; and will grant relief from un- <br />rt'<l:-,onabl('. arbiirar;.'. capricious. or fraudulent <br />acti(l!1 of :Yltinicipal authories" 2 McQuillan. MunIci- <br />pal Corporations (3C'd.) Sf>c. 10.37" (Emphasis <br />Suppll ('(1) <br /> <br />The aetion takl'n by Ddendant. New Brightl'n City Council is "onfined <br /> <br />to the f()l1owin~ setting: <br /> <br />il) On Novt'mber 23. 1976 (date of denial of Plaintiff's <br />IJqupr Ii"pnst'). lkft'ndant operated one 0) :\1unicipal <br />t'n' ",aIv in~oxj('ating liquor storf' at 905 5th Avenue <br />"\.nrthv,,'pst. 1"\ "w Br ighton. ~linnpsota <br /> <br />(2) On NU'.'ernbc-r 23, 1976. no other on-sale intoxicating <br />liquor U("I'nsf'S l'xisted or had bt.en previously issued <br />within th(' entire municipality. <br /> <br />(3) On "'l)vemher 23. 1976. Defendant monopolized the <br />on -sale intoxicating liquor business in the City of New <br />Brighton with attyndant profits therefrom. <br /> <br />-2- <br />