OCALA BREEDERS' v. Florida Gaming Centers

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding statute that enabled one thoroughbred horse breeder operating within the state to obtain an exclusive license to conduct pari-mutuel wagering at its sales facility was an unconstitutional special law enacted in the guise of a general law
• finding tiebreaker provision of statute made it facially impossible for others to obtain the single license available
• “If it is possible in the future for others to meet the criteria set forth in the statute, then it is a general law and not a special law.”
• “If it is possible in the future for others to meet the criteria set forth in the statute, then it is a general law and not a special law.”
• “If it is possible in the future for others to meet the criteria set forth in the statute, then it is a general law and not a special law.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).