Columbus, OH – The state of Ohio, joined by six other states — Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana and Nebraska – has collectively filed an amicus curiae brief supporting the appellants in the case of State of Oklahoma, et al. v. United States of America, which challenges the constitutionality of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020 (HISA).

The states of Oklahoma, West Virginia and Louisiana have already joined the USTA in this challenge and an 11^th state, Texas, is intervening in a separate case in the Fifth Circuit case.

The U.S. Trotting Association has long opposed HISA and is a plaintiff in that case, which recently was appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Amicus briefs can be filed by individuals or organizations that are not parties to a legal case, but can assist a court by offering information, expertise, or insight that has a bearing on the issues in the case.  In this instance, the States allege multiple constitutional problems contained in HISA, concluding that the Act “vests in the Private Corporation the power to regulate horseracing across the nation.   That is unconstitutional, and this Court should say so.”

The entire submitted brief can be found here.