HIALEAH RACE COURSE, INC. v. GULFSTREAM PK. R. ASS'N

No. 39353.

245 So.2d 625 (1971)

HIALEAH RACE COURSE, INC., and Tropical Park, Inc., Appellants, v. GULFSTREAM PARK RACING ASSOCIATION, Inc., a Florida Corporation, and Florida State Racing Commission, a State Agency, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied April 8, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peeples, Smith & Moore, Tallahassee, and Miller Walton, of Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder, Carson & Wahl, Miami, for appellants.

Thompson, Wadsworth & Messer, Tallahassee, and Landefeld & Romanik, Hollywood, for Gulfstream Park Racing Assn., Inc.

Robert L. Hesse, Sarasota, for Florida State Racing Comm.


ROBERTS, Chief Justice.

This cause is before the Court on a direct appeal from a judgment of the trial court declaring unconstitutional, on due process and equal protection grounds, Section 550.081, Florida Statutes, F.S.A. We have jurisdiction of the appeal under Section 4, Article V, Florida Constitution, F.S.A.

Section 550.081, supra, was adopted in 1947 as Chapter 23728, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1947, for the...

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