Saxon Coffee Shop, Inc. v. Boston Licensing Board

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• stating that if management had knowingly allowed prostitution on its premises, the board would have had grounds for revocation
• concluding that licensing board is not State agency
• permitting certiorari review where agency proceeding “resulted in injury in the form of a lost license” to operate coffee shop
• applying substantial evidence test to revocation of common victualler's license as revocation proceedings are required by statute and adjudicatory in nature
• applying “substantial evidence” definition from G.L.c. 30A, §1(6), to G.L.c. 249, §4, review, specifically, “such evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion”
• applying substantial evidence test to decision revoking common victualer’s license under c. 140, §9

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