AUSTIN v. GARRETT

No. CA-1010.

445 So.2d 58 (1984)

Joseph AUSTIN v. J. Melton GARRETT, Louisiana State Racing Commission.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

January 12, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Giraud, Giraud, Cusimano, Verderame & Loev, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

John E. Jackson, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before BYRNES, LOBRANO and WILLIAMS, JJ.


WILLIAMS, Judge.

Plaintiff Joseph Howard Austin's trainer's license was suspended after the Louisiana State Racing Commission determined that apomorphine was present in a urine sample taken from a horse for which plaintiff was the trainer. The trial court reversed the Commission. We affirm, although on grounds different from the trial court's.

On October 28, 1981, a urine sample was taken from the horse "Ravis," which had raced at the Lakefront Turf Club in...

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