· 5/20/1986
Eric Brooks, Jeffrey Yass and Kenneth Brodie v. Chicago Downs Association, Inc., D/B/A Sportsman's Park
Citations
- 791 F.2d 512
- 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 25318
How courts have described this case
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- holding that “under Illinois law the operator of a horse race track has the absolute right to exclude a patron from the track premises for any reason, or no reason, except race, color, creed, national origin, or sex”
- concluding Illinois racetrack retained common law right to prohibit members of Pennsylvania partnership of expert handicappers from placing bets
- \find[ing] that Illinois follows the common law rule\ in determining that a race track operator had the absolute right to exclude a patron for any reason
- \find[ing] that Illinois follows the common law rule\ in determining that a race track operator had the absolute right to exclude a patron for any reason
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Judges: Cudahy, Flaum, East-Erbrook
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