orginized fighting????
 

Does anyone know federal laws on orginized fighting? i have a lawyer friend looking into state laws, anyone with any experience in this matter? i am sure it is very strict on what can happen and what can not. but ultimate fighting championship goes on. who knows the deal?

When I was younger I used to goto 'backyard boxing'... All the kids would go after school, and we would use a pair of boxing gloves, and just pound the shit out of each other...

I loved the girls getting a chance to beat the shit out of each other. They could really do it good... (they were also better to watch because they fell out alot)

Ahh, the good old days.

I have never heard of any federal laws against it. It isn't really my area of interest when I go to the law library, but I don't recall ever running across anything like that.

Just don't impersonate woodsey the owl - that is a federal offense.

In general, the feds are only interested (and allowed) to ban things that involve more than one state. When one of my attorneys (in maryland) challenged the feds on a gun conviction on this ground (as the handgun was actually MANUFACTURED and purchased in maryland), the feds produced a witness to testify that the sping on the clip was purchased from another state - hence the interstate commerce connection.

Sorry, got off track there - I doubt it is illegal. If you want to check it out - I would call the FEDERAL (most lawyers have little or no FEDERAL experience) Public Defenders Office, tell them you are working on a school project, ask to talk to an Assistant Public Defender. I bet you they will tell ya. The Federal Public Defenders are VERY GOOD - not like the state.

Thanks chris! :thumbsup

It varies state to state.

It was just legalized in New Jersey and Nevada, but is still illegal in Michigan and recently West Virginia.