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PATRICK v. MISS NEW MEXICO

No. EP-80-CA-88.

490 F.Supp. 833 (1980)

Kathy PATRICK, Miss New Mexico, 1980, Plaintiff, v. MISS NEW MEXICO-USA UNIVERSE PAGEANT, and Miss Universe, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Texas.

May 1, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Don Thorne, El Paso, Tex., for plaintiff.

Richard G. Munzinger, El Paso, Tex., for defendant Miss Universe, Inc.

Ray Tabet, Albuquerque, N. M., for defendant Miss New Mexico-USA Universe Pageant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

HUDSPETH, District Judge.

On January 12, 1980, at the Miss New Mexico-USA Pageant in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Plaintiff Kathy Patrick was crowned "Miss New Mexico-USA" by a panel of judges. The title ostensibly carried with it the right to represent the state at the Miss USA Pageant in Biloxi, Mississippi, in May 1980, with the winner of that contest being further entitled to represent the United States in the 1980 Miss Universe Pageant...

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