OWENS v. LOUISIANA STATE RACING COM'N

No. CA-2584.

466 So.2d 764 (1985)

Linda OWENS v. LOUISIANA STATE RACING COMMISSION, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied May 13, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Bonin, Carla A. Failla, Levenson & Bonin, New Orleans, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Robert A. Barnett, Asst. Atty. Gen., John E. Jackson, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Atty. for the La. State Racing Commission, New Orleans, for appellee.

Before REDMANN, C.J., and LOBRANO and ARMSTRONG, JJ.


LOBRANO, Judge.

Linda Owens (Owens) was suspended for thirty days after the Louisiana State Racing Commission (Commission) upheld a steward's ruling which determined that the prohibited medication, procaine, was present in a urine sample taken from a horse named "Doonsey Luck" which she trained. The lower court affirmed the Commission's ruling, and Owens perfects this appeal.

This appeal raises the issue of the constitutionality of the "absolute insurer" rule...

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