Legal Opinion

Calder Race Course, Inc. v. Gaitan

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided December 16, 1980No. 80-1899PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NESBITT, Judge.

Calder Race Course, Inc. (Calder) appeals from an order granting Frank A. Gaitan, a trainer, a temporary mandatory injunction requiring it to provide Gaitan with horse stalls.

Since it is conceded that Gaitan has no contractual right to the use of the horse stalls, the focus of our inquiry is to ascertain whether the State of Florida has so regulated this commercial activity, (promoting horse racing), so as to render it a public corporation thereby subjecting its actions to judicial review. Finding that it has not, we reverse the order appealed from *16with directions to dissolve…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. George J. Fulton v. Isadore HechtCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
  3. West Coast Hospital Ass'n v. HoareSupreme Court of Florida · 1953
  4. Yarnall Ware. & Tr., Inc. v. Three Ivory Bros. Mov. Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1969
  5. Tropical Park, Inc. v. JockDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. PNGI Charles Town Gaming, LLC v. ReynoldsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2011
  2. Calder Race Course, Inc. v. GaitanDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
  3. Hawkins v. Camper Village, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1981
  4. Winfield v. NoeDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
  5. Carrillo v. My Way Holdings, LLCNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2016

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