Legal Opinion
Edwin Edelberg v. The Illinois Racing Board
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 9, 1976No. 75-1917PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
The question presented by this appeal is whether a three judge court should be empaneled pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2281 1 to hear a challenge to the constitutionality of the Illinois Racing Board Rules which provide for the automatic withholding and redistribution of purse money when a winning horse is allegedly drugged before a race. The trial judge refused to convene a three judge court and dismissed the suit for failure to present a substantial federal question. We affirm.
Plaintiffs are racehorse owners, licensed annually by the Illinois Racing Board (the “Board”), who…
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