Sabino v. Louisiana State Racing Commission

GULOTTA, Judge.

Plaintiff, a horse owner separate in property from her husband, appeals from a judgment affirming a decision of the Louisiana State Racing Commission that prohibits her from separately entering her horse in the same race in which her husband has entered a horse owned by him. According to the Commission, a conflict of interest, or possibility thereof, is created when a husband and wife have horses competing in the same race.1

Appealing, plaintiff claims that there is no conflict of interest since she and her husband are judicially separate in property through a marital agreement,…