U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1957

Robert J. Martin v. Monmouth Park Jockey Club

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · Decided April 4, 1957 · Maris, Kalodner, Staley

242 F.2d 344; 1957 U.S. App. LEXIS 2804 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

Michael von Moschzisker, Philadelphia, Pa. (McBride, von Moschzisker & Bradley, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant., David T. Wilentz, Perth Amboy, N. J. (Wilentz, Goldman, Spitzer & Sills, Perth Amboy, N. J., on the brief), for appellees.

Cases that cite this one

4 later published cases cite this decision.

Marzocca v. Ferone (N.J. 1983)
Lemberos v. Laurel Racecourse, Inc. (District Court, D. Maryland 1980)
William Fitzgerald v. Mountain Laurel Racing, Inc., Kenneth Marshall and John Knight, Presiding Judge (3d Cir. 1979)
Greenberg v. Hollywood Turf Club (Cal. Ct. App. 1970)

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Opinion

PER CURIAM.

The plaintiff, a jockey, appeals from the judgment of the District Court for the District of New Jersey dismissing his complaint against the defendants which sought an injunction and damages by reason of the plaintiff’s having been refused permission by the defendants to ride at their Monmouth Park racetrack in 1956. The facts and the applicable legal principles are adequately set out in the opinion filed by Chief Judge Forman in the district court, 145 F.Supp. 439, and need not be repeated here. It is sufficient to say that we are in full accord with Chief Judge Forman’s conclusions and need add nothing to the reasons given by him in support of them.

The judgment of the district court will be affirmed.

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