MFW Wine Co. LLC v. PA LCB, Aplt.

Summary

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held that the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board is a "person" subject to mandamus damages under Section 8303 and that sovereign immunity does not bar those damages. The Court also held that the appeals were immediately reviewable under the collateral-order doctrine because the immunity issues were separable, important, and irreparably lost if review were postponed. The Court affirmed the Commonwealth Court's rulings and remanded for further proceedings, while declining to resolve the merits of the prospective attorney-fee award because that issue was premature.