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HINES v. ALLDREDGE

No. 14-40403.

783 F.3d 197 (2015)

Ronald S. HINES, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Bud E. ALLDREDGE, Jr., Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, in his official capacity as President of the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners; J. Todd Henry, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, in his official capacity as Vice President of the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners; Joe Mac King, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners; Richard S. Bonner, Jr., in his official capacity as Member of the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners; Janie Carpenter, in her official capacity as Member of the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners; John D. Clader, in his official capacity as Member of the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners; Manuela Mamie Salazar-Harper, in her official capacity as Member of the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners; David W. Rosberg, Jr., in his official capacity as Member of the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners; Chad Upham, in his official capacity as Member of the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 27, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff Rowes, Staff Attorney (argued), Matthew R. Miller, Austin, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Evan Scott Greene (argued), Office of the Solicitor General for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.

Texas requires veterinarians to conduct a physical examination of an animal or its premises before they can practice veterinary medicine with respect to that animal. In this case, we must decide whether this requirement violates the First or Fourteenth Amendment. We conclude it offends neither.

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