But the state revoked their licenses on March 19 because it accused Kaiser and Wilson of failing to report dead tortoises, overstocking pens for the tortoises and not maintaining a pen that was in disrepair. FWC then reinstated their licenses on April 7 in a brief letter in which it described its staff revocation of the permits as a “procedural error.” The FWC put Kaiser and Wilson out of business without any notice or a hearing or a chance to question or challenge the action, said Kenneth G. Oertel, the Tallahassee attorney who filed the lawsuit against the FWC. “They just took it without any notice, without any process, without anything,” said Oertel. "They just wrote them a letter saying 'your license is terminated'. Well, Florida law doesn’t allow an agency to do that. You've got to give what’s called due process.”