SOILEAU v. CHURCHILL DOWNS HORSERACING

NO. 2021-CA-0022, NO. 2021-CA-0049, NO. 2021-CA-0199.

334 So.3d 901 (2021)

John L. SOILEAU, et al. v. CHURCHILL DOWNS LOUISIANA HORSERACING COMPANY, L.L.C., Churchill Downs Louisiana Video Poker Company, L.L.C., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 22, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael David Singletary , SINGLETARY & ASSOCIATES, APLC, 604 West 13th Street, Austin, TX 78701, Alan N. Magenheim , Pro Hac Vice, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 3701 Kirby Drive, Suite 913, Houston, TX 77098, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS, BERNADINE SOILEAU AS INDEPENDENT EXECUTRIX OF THE SUCCESSION OF JOHN SOILEAU, SR., ALVIN BROSSETTE, JUSTIN DEHART, DONALD WATSON, JOSEPH D. MANUCY AND LUCAS CONSTANTIN.

Kyle Sherman , BRANDT & SHERMAN, LLP, 111 Mercury Street, Lafayette, LA 70503, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS, JOHN HAMILTON AND DANNY LAVERGNE.

David F. Waguespack , Matthew J. Fantaci , CARVER, DARDEN, KORETZKY, TESSIER, FINN, BLOSSMAN & AREAUX, LLC, 1100 Poydras Street, Suite 3100, New Orleans, LA 70163, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES, CHURCHILL DOWNS LOUISIANA HORSERACING COMPANY, L.L.C. AND CHURCHILL DOWNS LOUISIANA VIDEO POKER COMPANY, L.L.C.

John L. Duvieilh   Jennifer A. David JONES WALKER LLP 201 St. Charles Avenue, Suite 4700 New Orleans, LA 70170 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE, LOUISIANA HORSEMEN'S BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION 1993, INC.

William L. Townsend, III , Keenan K. Kelly , KELLY & TOWNSEND, LLC, 137 St. Denis Street, Post Office Box 756, Natchitoches, LA 71457, J. Chris Guillet , Ronald E. Corkern, Jr. , CORKERN, CREWS & GUILLET, L.L.C., P.O. Box 1036, Natchitoches, LA 71458-1036, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES, CLASS REPRESENTATIVES, JO BAIA FOREMAN AND KENNETH L. ROBERTS.

(Court composed of Judge Rosemary Ledet, Judge Tiffany Gautier Chase, Judge Dale N. Atkins).


These three consolidated appeals arise from a class action dispute between quarter-horse owners, trainers, and jockeys; Churchill Downs Louisiana Horseracing Company, L.L.C, the owner of the Fair Grounds Race Courts & Slots Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana; Churchill Downs Louisiana...

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