California Court of Appeal

The California Horse Racing Board could suspend a licensed trainer for entering a horse into races for which the horse was ineligible, without evidence that the trainer acted knowingly and willfully, on the theory that the trainer was responsible for the acts of his agents.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/15/2002
• Published 05/15/2002

Judges

• BOLAND, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of the State of California, Silvia M. Diaz, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Thomas Scheerer, Deputy Attorney General, for Defendant and Appellant.,  Law Offices of Jay M. Coggan and Jay M. Coggan, Beverly Hills, for Plaintiff and Respondent.