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SIMS v. JEFFERSON DOWNS, INC.

No. 78-1404.

611 F.2d 609 (1980)

Thomas J. SIMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JEFFERSON DOWNS, INC. et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 11, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keaty & Garvey, Thomas Keaty, Elliot G. Snellings, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Shushan, Meyer, Jackson, McPherson & Herzog, Donald A. Meyer, New Orleans, La., for Jefferson Downs and Marie Krantz.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., John E. Jackson, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. State of La., New Orleans, La., for La. State Racing Commission.

Before THORNBERRY, RONEY and TATE, Circuit Judges.

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...

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