Siciliano v. Illinois Racing Board

Defendants appeal the reversal of a final administrative decision by the Illinois Racing Board (Board) which imposed a lifetime suspension of plaintiff’s license to train race horses. On appeal, defendants contend that (1) the circuit court lacked authority to review the lifetime suspension imposed upon plaintiff in January 1987, and (2) the Board’s imposition of a lifetime suspension for plaintiff’s failure to guard against the administration of illegal drugs to his horses was supported by the manifest weight of the evidence.

The record reveals that on January 27, 1987, the stewards at…