Parker v. Indiana State Fair Board, et al., No. 49A02-1212-PL-1003, 2013 Ind. App. LEXIS 409 (Ind. Ct. App. Aug. 23, 2013)

(plaintiff awarded 2011 Grand Champion Market Lamb and animal sold for $23,000 at state fair; upon later slaughter, drug screen in retinal sample disclosed presence of feed additive FDA-approved for cattle but not for sheep; plaintiff denied any wrongdoing with respect to feed additive; defendant stripped title from plaintiff and required plaintiff to forfeit prize money; plaintiff also banned for two years from sheep department and banned for life from state fair 4-H sales; any subsequent violation would subject plaintiff to lifetime ban from participation in state fair; plaintiff not able to independently test samples, and claimed property right in lamb and that due process rights violated due to lack of hearing to challenge results of drug tests; plaintiff also claimed that punishment excessive and that defendant's policy of treating results of drug tests as final and binding unconstitutional; trial court granted summary judgment for defendant; on appeal, court noted that plaintiff had agreed to terms and conditions established in defendant's handbook which included provision that drug testing was "final and binding"; however, court remanded case for evidentiary hearing on penalties; appellate court noted that trial court decision addressed only admissibility of drug test results).