Maietta v. New Jersey Racing Commission

Respondent, Steven A. Maietta, applied to the New Jersey Racing Commission (Commission), the appellant before us, for *3licensure as a groom. The Commission denied the application on the basis of Maietta’s drug-related criminal record. The Appellate Division reversed and ordered that the Commission issue the license to Maietta. Maietta v. New Jersey Racing Comm’n, 183 N.J.Super. 397 (1982). It held that the Rehabilitated Convicted Offenders Act (RCOA), N.J.S.A. 2A:168-1 to -6, applies to the Commission’s licensing function, and that under the circumstances the Commission erred in denying…