Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Inc. v. Hamrick
Texas Court of Appeals
125 S.W.3d 555 (2003)
Parents and their children (plaintiffs), including Hamrick, entered farm animals in a livestock show operated by Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (defendant), with both children and parents signing forms consenting to drug testing and agreeing to abide by the show's rules; after the entrants' animals tested positive for illegal drugs, the show disqualified and permanently banned them, and they sued under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA). A jury found for the plaintiffs, and the show appealed, arguing the parent-plaintiffs weren't consumers under the DTPA and thus lacked standing to sue.
Whether parents who supervise and are involved in their children's entry of animals in a livestock show qualify as consumers under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.