The unanimous Supreme Court decision, written by Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, upheld the longstanding practice of granting greater deference to municipalities’ decisions regarding liquor licenses. The Court of Appeals had wrongly applied a different standard of review in a case from Wausau, ruling that a bar owner was entitled to essentially a whole new hearing before a judge after being denied a license by the city.
Via State Supreme Court rules for cities in license review dispute @ JS Proof and Hearsay Blog.