EUSTER v. EAGLE DOWNS RACING ASS'N

No. 81-2432.

677 F.2d 992 (1982)

EUSTER, Eugene H.; Fieramosca, Samuel; Lopez, Daniel; Hasbany, David; and Fallon, Martin J. Jr., Appellants, v. EAGLE DOWNS RACING ASSOCIATION, a Pennsylvania Corporation; Pennsylvania Horse Racing Commission; Johnson, Andrew R., Chairman of Pennsylvania Horse Racing Commission; and A. Marlyn Moyer and William D. Gross, Commissioners of the Pennsylvania Horse Racing Commission, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 17, 1982.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 24, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Rodgers (Argued), Richard P. Brown, Jr., Joseph B. G. Fay, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants.

David H. Allshouse (Argued), Deputy Atty. Gen., Leroy S. Zimmerman, Atty. Gen., Allen C. Warshaw, Deputy Atty. Gen., Chief, Civil Litigation, Harrisburg, Pa., for appellees.

Jon A. Baughman (Argued), Thomas B. Schmidt, III, Nancy J. Gellman, Richard M. Bernstein, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Philadelphia, Pa., for amicus curiae Jockeys' Guild, Inc.

Before HUNTER, WEIS and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied June 24, 1982.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granting defendants' motion for summary judgment. Plaintiffs-Appellants are owners and trainers of thoroughbred race horses in Pennsylvania. They brought this antitrust action against the Pennsylvania Horse Racing Commission (the "Commission...

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