Legal Opinion
Scott v. Schmidt
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 17, 1985No. 84-1995PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
On January 8,1980 an attempt was made to fix the tenth harness race at Fairmount Park, Illinois. Appellant Scott, driving Flying Scooter, finished sixth. On April 9, 1980, a Madison County, Illinois grand jury indicted Scott for accepting a bribe to finish fourth or worse in the race, a Trifecta race,1 and for failure to report a bribe. Although Scott was eventually acquitted of the criminal charges, the Illinois Racing Board has continued to deny Scott the license required by statute to race in Illinois on grounds that he took a bribe and failed to report…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Wisconsin v. ConstantineauSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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