Legal Opinion
Sterling Suffolk Racecourse Limited Partnership v. Burrillville Racing Association, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 25, 1993No. 92-2260PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, we confront two issues of novel impression at the appellate level. First, we must determine whether the Interstate Horseracing Act (IHA), 15 U.S.C. §§ 3001-3007 (1988), the full text of which is set out in the appendix, contains an implied private right of action in favor of racetracks situated within sixty miles of a display track, i.e., a track that accepts interstate off-track wagers on races to be run at distant tracks and then simulcasts the actual races. Second, we must determine whether certain alleged violations of the IHA comprise a pattern of…
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