context: We believe that there could be no misunderstanding by a veteran of the horse-racing industry like Perez -- indeed, by any reasonable person -- that banging on tables, repeatedly shouting obscenities and threatening to choke a racing official at an official Stewards' meeting would impede the Stewards' efforts to investigate Perez's very serious allegations -- that Lakow was "fixing" races by manipulating race entries -- and, thus, constitute conduct "detrimental to the best interests of racing generally."
citation_a.signal: cf.
citation_a.parenthetical: observing that although regulation prohibiting "improper language" and "improper conduct" might be "seriously deficient" as a "norm addressed to the general public for the conduct of daily affairs," the regulation is not vague because, inter alia, it is addressed only to Illinois horse-racing licensees and is "administered by an agency that, through a series of decisions, can add details"
citation_a.sentence: See Hadges v. Corbisiero, 739 F.Supp. 792, 793 (S.D.N.Y.1989) (holding that harness-racing regulation prohibiting “conduct detrimental to the best interests of racing” was not vague as applied to plaintiff who was an “experienced horseman” and should have known that passing wagering information was prohibited); cf. LeRoy v. Illinois Racing Bd., 39 F.3d 711, 715 (7th Cir.1994) (observing that although regulation prohibiting “improper language” and “improper conduct” might be “seriously deficient” as a “norm addressed to the general public for the conduct of daily affairs,” the regulation is not vague because, inter alia, it is addressed only to Illinois horse-racing licensees and is “administered by an agency that, through a series of decisions, can add details”), cert. denied, 515 U.S. 1131, 115 S.Ct. 2555, 132 L.Ed.2d 809 (1995).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 739 F.Supp. 792, 793
citation_b.parenthetical: holding that harness-racing regulation prohibiting "conduct detrimental to the best interests of racing" was not vague as applied to plaintiff who was an "experienced horseman" and should have known that passing wagering information was prohibited
citation_b.sentence: See Hadges v. Corbisiero, 739 F.Supp. 792, 793 (S.D.N.Y.1989) (holding that harness-racing regulation prohibiting “conduct detrimental to the best interests of racing” was not vague as applied to plaintiff who was an “experienced horseman” and should have known that passing wagering information was prohibited); cf. LeRoy v. Illinois Racing Bd., 39 F.3d 711, 715 (7th Cir.1994) (observing that although regulation prohibiting “improper language” and “improper conduct” might be “seriously deficient” as a “norm addressed to the general public for the conduct of daily affairs,” the regulation is not vague because, inter alia, it is addressed only to Illinois horse-racing licensees and is “administered by an agency that, through a series of decisions, can add details”), cert. denied, 515 U.S. 1131, 115 S.Ct. 2555, 132 L.Ed.2d 809 (1995).