In Re the Occupational License of Haymes

OPINION

WAHL, Justice.

This case presents the issue whether a state agency ordered to pay a claimant’s attorney fees and costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act may seek judicial review of that order. We hold that the state agency’s right of judicial review is by certiorari, but, because the state agency did not follow that procedure here, we reverse.

Petitioner Kathy W. Hutchinson, a horse trainer, and her employee, Jack D. Haymes, were subject to disciplinary charges for administering prohibited drugs to their horses. This resulted in a contested case hearing before the Minnesota Racing…