Boom Town Saloon, Inc. v. The City of Chicago

              FIRST DIVISION
JULY 14, 2008
No. 1-07-0239
BOOM TOWN SALOON, INC., Licensee, and ) Appeal from the
EUGENE PERRY, President, ) Circuit Court of
) Cook County.
Plaintiffs-Appellants, )
v. ))
THE CITY OF CHICAGO, a Municipal )
corporation, RICHARD M. DALEY, )
as both Local Liquor License ) No. 06 CH 5562
Commissioner and Mayor, SCOTT BRUNER, )
Director of the Mayor's License )
Commission, ROBERT NOLAN, Hearing )
Officer for the Mayor's License )
Commission, the MAYOR'S LICENSE )
COMMISSION, THE LICENSE APPEAL )
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO, )
ANTHONY CALABRESE, IRVING KOPPEL, ) The Honorable
DON ADAMS and PHILIP J. CLINE, Chicago ) Mary Ann Mason,
Police Superintendent, ) Judge Presiding.
)
Defendants-Appellees. )
JUSTICE ROBERT E. GORDON delivered the opinion of the court:
Plaintiffs Boom Town Saloon, Inc., and Eugene Perry, Boom Town's president, appeal
the order of the circuit court of Cook County affirming the decision of the Local Liquor Control
Commissioner (LLCC). The LLCC revoked Boom Town's liquor license for allegedly
committing acts of gambling. On appeal, plaintiffs claim that the LLCC’s findings of gambling
were against the manifest weight of the evidence. We agree, and therefore reverse.