Lee v. State of Oregon

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

After a series of disputes involving the licensing and financing of The New Portland Meadows, Inc. (TNPM), a horse racing operation partially owned by Vicki and Darrell Lee, the Lees filed a section 1983 *674action in the district court against Stephen S. Walters, Brad Higbee, George Rankin, Richard Reid, Laura Fine and Joanne McAdam, all members of the Oregon Racing Commission (ORC). The Lees’ complaint alleged, inter alia, that a provision in the Oregon statute pursuant to which they had been ordered excluded from the Portland Meadows track by the ORC violated due…