SEG SPORTS CORP. v. STATE ATHLETIC COM'N

No. 97 Civ. 0712 (MGC).

952 F.Supp. 202 (1997)

SEG SPORTS CORP. and Miracle Promotions Incorporated, Plaintiffs, v. The STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION, a Division of the Department of State of the State of New York, Floyd Patterson, and Rose Trentman, individually and in their capacities as members of the New York State Athletic Commission, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

February 6, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Simon, Meyrowitz, Meyrowitz & Schlussel by David H. Meyrowitz, Paul Hecht, Mitchell Shenkman, New York City, for Plaintiffs.

Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney General of the State of New York, by Joel Graber, Assistant Attorney General, New York City, for Defendants.


OPINION

CEDARBAUM, District Judge.

This is an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for damages and under the United States Constitution and the New York State Constitution for declaratory and injunctive relief. The defendants are the State Athletic Commission and two of its members. The dispute centers on the relationship between the recently enacted state statute that authorizes "combative sports" events and the Commission's new rules regulating such...

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