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MUHAMMAD ALI v. DIVISION OF STATE ATHLETIC COM'N, N. Y.

No. 69 Civ. 4867.

316 F.Supp. 1246 (1970)

MUHAMMAD ALI, Plaintiff, v. The DIVISION OF STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION OF the DEPARTMENT OF STATE OF the STATE OF NEW YORK and Edwin B. Dooley, Albert Berkowitz and Raymond J. Lee, as Chairman and Members Thereof, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

September 14, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Meltsner, New York City, for plaintiff.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of the State of N. Y., New York City, for defendants; Charles A. LaTorella, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel.

MANSFIELD, District Judge.

In this action for a declaratory judgment and injunction, plaintiff, Muhammad Ali, popularly known as Cassius Clay, has moved for a preliminary injunction restraining defendants from denying him a license to box in the State of New York. For the reasons stated below the motion is granted.

The essential facts are not in dispute. From 1961 until April, 1967, Ali was licensed to box in New York, where he was recognized as the World...

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