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HARVEY v. MORGAN

No. 10248.

272 S.W.2d 621 (1954)

I. H. "Sporty" HARVEY, Appellant, v. M. B. MORGAN, Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied November 17, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grace & Maverick, San Antonio, Carlos Cadena, San Antonio, Charles J. Lieck, Jr., Albert A. Pena, Jr., Harry M. Bellinger, San Antonio, for appellant.

John Ben Shepperd, Atty. Gen., Horace Wimberly, Edmund L. Cogburn, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

HUGHES, Justice.

Professional boxing is a lawful but strictly regulated activity in Texas. Art. 614-11(f), Texas Penal Code. One of the restrictions is that no one shall "knowingly permit any fistic combat match boxing, sparring or wrestling contest or exhibition between any person of the Caucasian or `White' race and one of the African or `Negro' race".

Administration of the Act is conferred upon the Commissioner of Labor Statistics who currently is the Honorable...

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