Legal Opinion
Arthur Lance Bier v. Paul D. Fleming and Charles I. Alatis
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 19, 1983No. 81-3574, 81-3587PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellee brought this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that defendants-appellants denied him due process of law by attempting, on two occasions, to prohibit him from racing in the Paines-ville Meet at the Northfield Race Track, Northfield, Ohio.
The district court held in favor of Bier, concluding that Bier’s occupation as a harness horse race driver-trainer was an appropriate liberty and property interest protected by the fourteenth amendment, and therefore, he was entitled to procedural due process before his right as a harness race…
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- Butz v. EconomouSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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