Addison Group, Inc. v. Daley

              SIXTH DIVISION
May 23, 2008
No. 1-06-0532
ADDISON GROUP, INC., an Illinois ) Appeal from the
Corporation, ) Circuit Court of
) Cook County
Plaintiff-Appellant, )
)
v. )
)
RICHARD M. DALEY, as Mayor of the City )
of Chicago and Local Liquor Control )
Commissioner; THE LOCAL LIQUOR CONTROL )
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO; THE )
MAYOR'S LICENSE COMMISSION OF THE CITY )
OF CHICAGO; WINSTON L. MARDIS, and SCOTT)
V. BRUNER, as his successor, as )
Director of the Mayor's License )
Commission of the City of Chicago; THE )
CITY OF CHICAGO, a Municipal )
Corporation; THE LICENSE APPEAL )
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO; )
ANTHONY CALABRESE, as Chairman of the )
License Appeal Commission, IRVING KOPPEL)
and DONALD ADAMS, as Commissioners of )
License Appeal Commission, ) Honorable
) Anthony Young,
Defendants-Appellees. ) Judge Presiding
JUSTICE McNULTY delivered the opinion of the court:
The Local Liquor Control Commission (the Commission)
suspended Addison Group's liquor license for 30 days as a
sanction for serving alcohol to a minor. On appeal Addison
contends that the Commission should not have considered fines
Addison voluntarily paid in the past as part of its disciplinary
history. We hold that the voluntary payment of fines is
evidence, admissible in administrative proceedings, that the
payer committed the violation charged. Evidence of a corporate