De John v. New York State Athletic Commission

Valente, J. (dissenting).

We would hold that the State Athletic Commission was not impotent to impose sanctions on petitioners in the face of the finding, confirmed as well by the majority of the court, that petitioners’ activities “ are detrimental to the interests of boxing generally, and * * * detrimental to the public interest, convenience, and necessity ’ ’. The commission is vested with the widest powers of supervision and control of the sport of boxing and those who participate in it (State Athletic Commission Law [L. 1920, ch. 912, as amd.], § 1 et seq.). Under section 1 the commission…