Sturrock v. Louisiana State Racing Commission

REDMANN, Chief Judge.

May the Louisiana State Racing Commission suspend one person’s license for three years notwithstanding that on the same day it suspended another “for only one year although he was charged with the same [kind of] violation”? Answering yes, we reverse the trial court’s contrary ruling.

A prohibited drug, mephentermine, was present in the post-race urine of plaintiff trainer’s horse and plaintiff does not dispute defendant’s authority to suspend him for that reason. Plaintiff’s petition alleged that another “charged with the same violation” was suspended only one year, and…