Hamilton Downs Horsetrack, LLC v. State, Department of Business & Professional Regulation, Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering

Hamilton Downs Horsetrack, LLC (“Hamilton Downs”), appeals a final order by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering (“the Division”), rejecting certain factual findings and legal conclusions made by an administrative law judge (“the ALJ”) following a formal hearing. Because the ALJ properly concluded that a violation did not occur as alleged in the administrative complaint, and because the Division should be estopped from prosecuting Hamilton Downs even if it did, we reverse,

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Hamilton Downs is a relatively new horse racing establishment…