Legal Opinion
Thomas J. Sims v. Jefferson Downs, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 11, 1980No. 78-1404PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TATE, Circuit Judge:
Sims, a horseman and state-licensed jockey’s agent, prays for damages and injunctive relief in this Civil Rights action. 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985(3). He alleges deprivation of constitutional rights, in that he has been ejected from a state-licensed private race-track and subjected to arrest and track expulsion proceedings, because he attempted to organize the horse trainers into an association and because he publicly and privately criticized the management of the track.
Pursuant to certification, F.R.Civ.P. 54(b), the plaintiff Sims appeals the partial dismissal of his suit.…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Griffin v. BreckenridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Flagg Bros., Inc. v. BrooksSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Burton v. Wilmington Parking AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Robert H. Morast v. T. Bertram LanceCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Thomas J. Sims, Cross-Appellant v. Jefferson Downs Racing Association, Inc., Cross- Stewards B.B. Rayburn and Claude Mauberret, Jr., CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Arthur J. Brown v. J. A. Miller, Jr., Etc., and Mississippi Telephone Corporation, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Donald L. Dobyns, Mark Lee and Randall Eugene Bullock v. E-Systems, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- James R. Stevens v. James C. Hunt, M. D.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
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