Arkansas State Racing Commission v. Wayne Ward, Inc.

Ray Thornton, Justice.

The Arkansas State Racing Commission (“the Commission”), appeals the January 11, 2001, decision of the Crittenden County Circuit Court reversing the Commission’s order that affirmed the order of the South-land Greyhound Park Board of Judges (“the Board”) redistributing the winner’s purse from the eleventh race at Southland Greyhound Park (“Southland”) on May 31, 1997, because of a violation of the rules prohibiting drugs. The Commission contends that the circuit court’s decision should be reversed because the Commission’s decision was not arbitrary, capricious, or…