Legal Opinion
Gillilan v. Illinois Racing Board
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided October 22, 1980No. 80-388PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Unverzagt
This appeal arises from the denial of plaintiff’s application for a license to conduct a racing meet at Fox Fields (formerly known as Aurora Downs) during 1980.
After being out of operation for some years, the race track formerly known as Aurora Downs was acquired by the plaintiff, Ray A. Gillilan, in 1978. In July 1979, he applied for a license to operate a harness racing meet during 75 days of the 1980 racing season, being 52 Sundays and 23 other weekend days. (Later, this was amended to Sunday dates only.)
The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 8, par. 37—1 et seq.)…
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