Colorado Racing Commission v. Columbine Kennel Club, Inc.

We will refer to plaintiffs in error as the Commission and to defendant in error as Columbine.

Columbine submitted an application to the Commission seeking a license to operate a greyhound race track between the cities of Brush and Fort Morgan in Morgan county, Colorado. A hearing on said application was held in the court house at Fort Morgan on November 26, 1958, at which time a number of witnesses were heard by the Commission. A majority of these witnesses favored granting the license but the record discloses that most of them were interested financially in Columbine either as officers,…