Ray v. Illinois Racing Board

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County affirming in part and reversing in part a decision of defendant, the Illinois Racing Board, that suspended the occupation license of plaintiff, James “Derry” Ray, for 270 days, imposed on plaintiff a fine of $6,000, and ordered forfeiture of the purse money won by two of plaintiff’s horses in which laboratory tests had revealed the presence of a prohibited drug. The Illinois Racing Board appeals the circuit court’s reversal of the civil penalty, the $6,000 fine; plaintiff cross-appeals the circuit court’s affirmance of the…