New York Standardbred Farm Owners, Inc. v. Agriculture & New York State Horse Breeding Development Fund

In this action for a declaratory judgment the plaintiffs seek to set aside various rules and regulations of the defendant, the Agriculture and New York State Horse Breeding Development Fund (herein Fund) and to enjoin the Fund from proceeding according to those rules and regulations. One plaintiff is a membership corporation whose members own harness horse breeding farms and harness racing horses within New York State. The other, a member of that corporation, breeds, owns and races harness horses.

In 1965, the Legislature established the Fund and directed it to provide annually for harness…