BONOMO v. LOUISIANA DOWNS, INC.

Nos. 12964, 12965.

337 So.2d 553 (1976)

Joe BONOMO and Maurice Glorioso, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LOUISIANA DOWNS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 27, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gamm, Greenburg & Kaplan, by Jack H. Kaplan, Shreveport, for plaintiffs-appellants.

John E. Jackson, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., New Orleans, for La. State Racing Commission, defendant-appellee.

Lunn, Irion, Switzer, Johnson & Salley, by Charles W. Salley, Shreveport, for Louisiana Downs, Inc., defendant-appellee.

Smith & LaGrone by Dewey J. Smith, and Bodenheimer, Jones, Klotz & Simmons by G. M. Bodenheimer, Jr., Shreveport, for Southern Research, Inc., defendant-appellee.

Before HALL, MARVIN and JONES, JJ.


En Banc. Rehearing Denied September 27, 1976.

MARVIN, Judge.

The issue in these consolidated cases is whether persons who have been convicted of the crime of bookmaking may be barred from attending horse races at a race track operating under license of the Louisiana State Racing Commission. As did the lower court, we answer affirmatively.

In 1974, Joe Bonomo and Maurice Glorioso of Bossier City pleaded guilty...

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