Bandera Downs, Inc. v. Alvarez

OPINION

PEEPLES, Justice.

Appellant Bandera Downs appeals from a temporary injunction forbidding it to pay the winners of a horse race. Appellee Alvarez (d/b/a JA Cattle Company), whose horse was disqualified by the racetrack steward, obtained the injunction before giving the Texas Racing Commission a chance to hear his complaint. We hold that because Alvarez did not exhaust his administrative remedies the trial court had no jurisdiction to grant injunctive relief.

The Texas Racing Commission’s steward at the Bandera Downs race track disqualified a horse owned by Alvarez from a qualifying race…