However, the animal in Bolzoni, was a cow and not a horse. The Plaintiffs maintain that this difference requires La. Acts 1950, 2nd Ex. Plaintiffs argue La. Issues of preemptions are actually issues of statutory construction.
Preemptions can either be express or implied.
While our state constitution does not include the general supremacy clause of the federal constitution, there are prohibitions against local regulation in areas reserved to the state legislature. In the present case, there is no express provision mandating that state regulation of livestock preempts local regulation. In fact, La. This places La. A similar situation of conflict has previously arisen in the Louisiana Civil Code.