The Arkansas Racing Commission on Wednesday approved an order regarding its July denial of an applicant’s appeal of the commission’s decision to award the license for a new casino in Pope County to the Gulfside Casino Partnership.

The 27-page document outlines the commission’s findings of fact and conclusions of law regarding the July 30 3-2 vote to deny the appeal by Oklahoma-based Cherokee Nation Businesses’ Legends Resort and Casino LLC.

The commission Wednesday also approved an order with seven pages of findings of fact and conclusions of law for the commission’s July 30 ruling that Legends Resort and Casino LLC is a qualified applicant for the Pope County casino license.

The Racing Commission also decided to enter into the record about 1,400 pages of emails and several invoices from its casino consultant, Jim Fox of Fox & Fox Consulting, that Legends Resort and Casino LLC’s attorneys obtained under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.