# Leonardziak Liquor License Case

> Superior Court of Pennsylvania · September 15, 1967 · 210 Pa. Super. 511

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9757859

## Case

- **Full name:** Leonardziak Liquor License Case
- **Court:** Superior Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** September 15, 1967
- **Citations:** 210 Pa. Super. 511; 233 A.2d 606; 1967 Pa. Super. LEXIS 1034
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Wright
- **Judges:** Ervin, P.J., Wright, Watkins, Montgomery, Jacobs, Hoffman, and Spaulding
- **Cited by:** 10 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating that while possession of a liquor license is merely a privilege vis a vis the state, the fact that the license is transferable means it is a property right

## Opinion text

*515 Dissenting Opinion by
Wright, J.:
It is not disputed that William P. Leonardziak maintained gambling devices on licensed premises. I would not permit him to evade penalty by improperly extending the Mapp exclusionary doctrine to the instant citation proceeding. It has been consistently held in this Commonwealth that a liquor license is a privilege and not a property right. Section 513 of the Liquor Code (17 P.S. 5-513) expressly provides for inspection of licensed premises by duly authorized persons without any search warrant whatever. I would reinstate the Board’s order.
Ervin, P. J., joins in this opinion.

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