HARRIS v. STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION

Appeal, No. 10 C.D. 1973.

10 Pa.Commw. 419 (1973)

Joseph L. Harris, Appellant, v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, State Athletic Commission, Appellee.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

October 31, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Lesnick, for appellant.

Charles L. Ford, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Argued September 14, 1973, before Judges KRAMER, WILKINSON, JR. and ROGERS, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE ROGERS, October 31, 1973:

Joseph L. Harris, a professional boxer of remarkable talent, who engaged in his profession under the sobriquet "Gypsy Joe Harris," here appeals from the order of the State Athletic Commission, made December 5, 1972, refusing to reinstate his boxer's license. The Commission had suspended Mr. Harris's license to box in 1968 on the recommendation of the Commission's physicians, including the world renowned ophthalmologist, Harold...

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