Legal Opinion
Rodic v. Thistledown Racing Club, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 26, 1980No. Nos. 77-3495 to 77-3497PublishedCited by 174 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellee Anthony Rodic brought this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that defendants-appellants Thistledown Racing Club, Inc., Thoroughbred Racing Association and Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau (hereinafter referred to collectively as Thistledown) denied him due process of law by excluding him permanently from Thistledown Racetrack without affording him a hearing.
The district court agreed that Rodic should have had a hearing, but found that the validity of the expulsion had been determined by state courts in litigation filed…
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