GILLILAN v. ILLINOIS RACING BOARD

No. 80-388.

89 Ill. App.3d 726 (1980)

411 N.E.2d 1374

RAY A. GILLILAN, d/b/a Fox Fields, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ILLINOIS RACING BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed October 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Murphy, of Reid, Ochsenschlager, Murphy & Hupff, of Aurora, for appellants.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, Daley, Reilly & Daley, Jeremiah Marsh, and Michael M. Conway and David O. Toolan, both of Hopkins, Sutter, Mulroy, Davis & Cromartie, all of Chicago (Moshe Jacobius, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE UNVERZAGT delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises from the denial of plaintiff's application for a license to conduct a racing meet at Fox Fields (formerly known as Aurora Downs) during 1980.

After being out of operation for some years, the race track formerly known as Aurora Downs was acquired by the plaintiff, Ray A. Gillilan, in 1978. In July 1979, he applied for a license to operate a harness racing...

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