UNITED STATES v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Civ. A. No. 12808.

196 F.Supp. 445 (1961)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE et al., Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

July 20, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter E. Alessandroni, U. S. Atty., Donald G. Balthis, Acting Chief, Middle Atlantic Office, Antitrust Division, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Francis W. Sullivan, Strong, Sullivan, Saylor & Ferguson, Thomas Hart, Cornelius C. O'Brien, Jr., Alfred W. Putnam, Harry Shapiro, Hirsh W. Stalberg, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.


GRIM, District Judge.

Defendants have filed a petition1 seeking a construction of the final judgment entered in this case on December 28, 1953, to the effect that a contract dated April 24, 1961, between the National Football League and the Columbia Broadcasting System does not violate the final judgment. The government contends that the contract does violate the judgment. The 1961 contract grants to CBS for a period of two years the sole...

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