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Cermak Club, Inc. v. Illinois Liquor Control Commission
Citations: 195 N.E.2d 178; 30 Ill. 2d 90; 1963 Ill. LEXIS 365Docket: 37858, 37859 Cons.
Court: Illinois Supreme Court; November 26, 1963; Illinois; State Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Illinois affirmed the revocation of liquor licenses for Cermak Club, Inc. and Frolic's, Inc. by the Illinois Liquor Control Commission, based on findings that both establishments allowed "lewd dances in the nude" and solicitation for prostitution on multiple occasions in 1961 and 1962. The licensees appealed after the circuit court denied their request to reverse the revocation orders. They did not contest the sufficiency of evidence for the violations but challenged the constitutionality of Rule 3, which outlines grounds for license revocation, arguing it improperly assigned judicial powers to the Commission. The court clarified that while the Commission exercises quasi-judicial powers in license matters, this is not considered a violation of the Illinois Constitution. The licensees asserted that two of the allegations were barred by collateral estoppel due to their employees' acquittals on those charges. However, the court concluded that even accepting this argument, the revocation would still stand based on the unchallenged findings for 11 other allegations of misconduct. Thus, the circuit court's judgment was upheld.