Ream Park Racing Ass'n v. Hialeah, Inc.

SHAW, Justice.

This cause is before us pursuant to the Third District Court of Appeal’s determination that its decision “passes upon questions of great public importance concerning the standards applicable to the award of racing dates in Florida, including the viability and application of the ‘rotation rule’ in making that determination.” Hialeah, Inc. v. Department of Business Regulation, *813442 So.2d 1120, 1120 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. Although the issue of which track should have been awarded the 1983-84 middle racing dates is now moot, we…