Bazard v. Louisiana State Livestock Sanitary Board

REID, Judge.

Twenty-eight cattle owners from St. Landry Parish instituted these proceedings against the Louisiana Livestock Sanitary Board and Dave Pearce, Commissioner of Agriculture, for several reasons. The first object of the suit was to have the Compulsory Brucellosis Eradication Program enjoined in St. Landry Parish pending the rendition of a final judgment herein. Brucellosis is also known as Bang’s disease in cattle. The Compulsory Brucellosis Eradication Program will hereinafter be referred to as the “compulsory program” for the sake of brevity. The plaintiffs also contend that…