Wight v. New Jersey Racing Commission

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Case, J.

The application is for a writ of certiorari to review the proceedings of the Yew Jersey State Eacing Commission in granting a permit to the Garden State Eacing Association to hold meetings in Delaware Township, Camden County, New Jersey, from July 18th, 1942, to September 12th, 1942, inclusive. The argument is, first and primarily, that the legislature, in order to give efficacious authority to any board or other body to permit pari mutuel betting at race tracks, must provide for the legalizing of the race track at which the betting is to be…