KENTUCKY DIV., HORSEMEN'S BENEV. v. TURFWAY PARK RACING ASSOC., INC.

No. 93-6425.

20 F.3d 1406 (1994)

KENTUCKY DIVISION, HORSEMEN'S BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, Kentucky Thoroughbred Association, Inc., Intervening Plaintiff, v. TURFWAY PARK RACING ASSOCIATION, INC.; Rockingham Venture, Inc.; Douglas Racing Corporation, d/b/a Ak-Sar-Ben; Bensalem Racing Association, d/b/a Philadelphia Park; and Dakota Race Management, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 6, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas L. McSwain (argued and briefed), Don Siler Sturgill, Katherine M. Coleman, Sturgill, Turner & Truitt, Lexington, KY, for plaintiff-appellant.

Douglas N. Letter (argued and briefed), Dept. of Justice, Appellate Staff, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, for intervenor.

Charles H. Deters, Thomas W. Bosse (argued and briefed), Deters, Benzinger & Lavelle, Covington, KY, for Turfway Park Racing Ass'n, Inc.

James A. Philpott, Jr., Lexington, KY, for Rockingham Venture, Inc.

Charles H. Deters, Deters, Benzinger & Lavelle, Covington, KY, for Douglas Racing Corp., Bensalem Racing Ass'n, Dakota Race Management.

Richard E. Plymale, Patrick W. Madden (briefed), Brown, Todd & Heyburn, Lexington, KY, for amicus curiae Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Ass'n.

Bruce H. Schneider (briefed), William A. Rome, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, New York City, for amicus curiae Jockeys Guild, Inc.

Before: KENNEDY and GUY, Circuit Judges; and CONTIE, Senior Circuit Judge.


CONTIE, Senior Circuit Judge.

The Kentucky Division, Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Association, Inc., appeals the district court's September 20, 1993 Opinion and Order1 declaring the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978, 15 U.S.C. §§ 3001-3007, unconstitutional. We reverse and remand for the following reasons.

I.

Plaintiff-appellant Kentucky Division, Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Association...

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