Legal Opinion
Dorsey v. State Athletic Commission
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided November 28, 1958No. Civ. A. 5247PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
Joseph Dorsey, Jr., is a Negro prizefighter. He brings this suit in his own behalf and in behalf of all other Negro professional prizefighters similarly situated. He asks for a declaratory judgment and an injunction to restrain the Louisiana State Athletic Commission from enforcing a regulation and a statute prohibiting athletic contests between Negroes and whites.
The State Athletic Commission is an agency of the State of Louisiana with “full authority, regulation and control over all boxing and wrestling contests or exhibitions in the state”. LSA-R.S. 1950, 4:61; Act…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Virginia v. RivesSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Mayor of Baltimore City v. DawsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Joe Harold Williams v. Lloyd Eaton, as Football Coach of the University of WyomingCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
- Whitner v. DavisCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- Roth v. Board of Regents of State CollegesDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 1970
- Boddie v. State of ConnecticutDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1968
- Gouge v. Joint School District No. 1District Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 1970
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