The court held that these memoranda did not make the Friday after Thanksgiving a legal holiday, since a legal holiday must be designated by legislative enactment. The purpose of Supreme Court rules containing time limitations is to set a reasonable but absolute limit on the time during which the trial court may rule on motions, and that purpose is best served by confining the definition of legal holiday to those days specifically designated as holidays by state statute. To permit the definition of legal holiday to turn upon how an appellate court might ultimately interpret the language of a memorandum invites confusion and misunderstanding. The defendants player received a penalty and was suspended. Initially, the court found that legal issues involving amateur sports differ from those involving professional sports.
Rough play is commonplace in professional hockey.
Anyone who has attended a professional hockey game or seen one on TV has observed the violent nature of the sport. In State ex rel. Health Midwest Development Group v. Daugherty , No. In this case, a doctor sued a hospital where he had privileges under several contractual and tort theories. After peer review proceedings, his privileges were initially restricted and later reinstated.