Pennsylvania State Police, Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement v. Jet-Set Restaurant, LLC

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE, : No. 327 MAL 2017 BUREAU OF LIQUOR CONTROL : ENFORCEMENT, : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from Petitioner : the Order of the Commonwealth Court : : v. : : : JET-SET RESTAURANT, LLC, : : Respondent : ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 13th day of September, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. The issue, restated for clarity is: Does the definition of “frequenting” set forth in Appeal of Speranza, 206 A.2d 292 (Pa. 1965) still apply to Section 4-493(14) of the Liquor Code, or do the 2003 Amendments to the Code demonstrate the General Assembly’s intent that a minor may not be inside a licensed premises even a single time unless one of the exceptions enumerated in Section 4-493(14) applies? Allowance of appeal is DENIED as to all remaining issues.