By Jim McBride
jim.mcbride@amarillo.com
U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson has ordered the American Quarter Horse Association to pay nearly $900,000 in legal fees to a horse breeder from Canadian and a Canyon veterinarian in an ongoing horse cloning lawsuit.
Last month, an Amarillo federal court jury found AQHA and one of its committees violated two sections of the Sherman Antitrust Act and Texas statutes by barring cloned horses from the organization’s registry. Jurors also found the AQHA’s actions harmed the plaintiffs, but jurors awarded no damages.
