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RUANE v. NEW YORK STATE RACING AND WAGERING BD.

No. 75 Civ. 852.

400 F.Supp. 819 (1975)

RUANE et al., and the Jockeys' Guild, Inc. on behalf of all member jockeys licensed in the State of New York, Plaintiffs, v. The NEW YORK STATE RACING AND WAGERING BOARD and the Board of Stewards designated and approved by the New York State Racing and Wagering Board, Defendants.

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

August 28, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jackson, Nash, Brophy, Barringer & Brooks, New York City, for plaintiffs by Lawrence B. McGauley, New York City, of counsel.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., State of N. Y., for New York State Racing and Wagering Bd. and New York State Stewards, defendants by Mortimer Sattler, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel.

Cahill Gordon & Reindel, New York City, for New York Racing Assn., Inc. and the Jockey Club, defendants by David R. Hyde, Miles M. Tepper, Russell T. Lewis, New York City, of counsel.

OPINION AND ORDER

KEVIN THOMAS DUFFY, District Judge.

The plaintiffs Ruane, a jockey, and the Jockeys' Guild, Inc. ("Guild"), a national association which represents the interests of member jockeys, bring this civil rights action against the New York State Racing and Wagering Board ("Board") and the Board of Stewards1 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The complaint requests monetary, declaratory, and injunctive relief because...

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