97-CA-1256 SOLOCO INC. D/B/A SOLOCO-MALLARD Home Page VS. JULIUS W. "JAY" DUPREE AND SHELDON J. LEBLANC D/B/A S. J. LEBLANC FARMS C/W PERCY J. LEBLANC VS. JULIUS W. "JAY" DUPREE AND SHELDON J. LEBLANC

State: Louisiana

Court: Supreme Court

Docket No: 97-CA-1256

Case Date: 01/01/1998

Preview:SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA No. 97-CA-1256

SOLOCO, INC. versus JULIUS W. "JAY" DUPREE, and SHELDON J. LEBLANC

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PERCY J. LEBLANC versus JULIUS W. "JAY" DUPREE, and SHELDON J. LEBLANC

******************** ON APPEAL FROM THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF LAFAYETTE ******************** KNOLL, J.* This case arises out of an accident between an automobile and a thoroughbred race horse. At issue is the constitutionality of La.R.S. 4:173.1, which limits the liability of owners of thoroughbred horses when those horses are in the care, custody, or control of a third person. After La.R.S. 4:173.1 was declared unconstitutional in the district court, defendant appealed directly to this court under LA.CONST. art. V.

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