Marsh v. Illinois Racing Board

Defendants, who include the Illinois Racing Board (Board), its individual members and the two stewards at Maywood Park Racetrack, appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County granting an injunction in favor of plaintiff restraining defendants from enforcing the revocation of his license to own and drive Standardbred racehorses. Defendants contend that the trial court erred in granting the injunction before the Board held an administrative hearing and before plaintiff exhausted his administrative remedies.

The record establishes that plaintiff was licensed by the Board to own and…