225 Pa. Super. 224 - Commonwealth v. Backa’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “The fact that a few of the patrons did come to swim and dance and did not drink any beer does not negate the finding that the admission price included therein a consideration for the beer. Those patrons had the right to drink beer if they so chose because they had paid for it. A person being served in the restaurant may, without any reduction in the price of the meal, decline the potato included with the meal he has ordered, but that does not mean the price he paid for the meal does not include the cost of the potato.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2002 Pa. Super. 167 - Commonwealth v. Davis