Metropolitan Greyhound Management Corp. v. Wisconsin Racing Board

These consolidated appeals present two significant issues of first impression. First, whether, and under what circumstances, an applicant for a racetrack license in Wisconsin has the right to a contested-case hearing under the procedures established by secs. 227.44 through 227.50, Stats. Second, whether a trial court has authority to reconsider its decision in a review proceeding under Chapter 227 pending an appeal from that decision. We conclude that the appellants were entitled to a contested-case hearing, and that the trial court had authority to reconsider its decision. Accordingly, we…