Case files of Commission hearings, 1936-1948; 1950-1965.

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Case files of Commission hearings, 1936-1948; 1950-1965.

Files usually contain transcripts of testimony given before local liquor control commissioner, circuit court judge and representative of U.S. Department of the Treasury; transcripts of hearings and rehearings held by Liquor Control Commission; and evidence presented at Commission hearings such as affidavits, business records and photographs of establishment under investigation, notice of license revocation, reports of special investigators and findings and decision of local commissioner. Other documents found case files include subpoenas issued by Commission; notices of appeal, hearing and rehearing; and Commission's findings and rulings. If case taken to state appellate or Supreme courts, file also contains briefs and arguments presented to courts. For hearings held 1961-1963 case files also include police reports on alleged liquor ordinance violations, dockets of hearings, list of cases appealed to circuit court, transcripts of circuit court proceedings, court decisions and other Commission material concerning case presented to circuit court. Relevant correspondence and memoranda also are found in case files.

71 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7391570

Illinois State Archive

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Illinois Liquor Control Commission

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The Liquor Control Commission was created in 1934 to administer acts relating to manufacture, sale and distribution of liquor in Illinois (l. 1933, 2d Spec. Sess., p. 56). Three-member Commission is appointed by Governor. Commission and its staff issue and revoke licenses to manufacture, import, distribute and sell liquor; fix standards of manufacture; recommend rules and regulations for distribution and sale of liquor at local level; hear and determine appeals; and analyze laws outside Illinois...