HOUSTON OILERS, INC., Appellant,
v.
Ralph NEELY, Appellee.
United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 18, 1966.
Rehearing Denied June 23, 1966.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William R. Eckhardt, of Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Searls, Houston, Tex., and Gus Rinehart, of Rinehart & Morrison, Oklahoma City, Okl., for appellant.
James D. Fellers, of Fellers, Snider, Baggett & McLane, Oklahoma City, Okl., and Thomas J. Moroney, Jr., of Wynne, Jaffe & Tinsley, Dallas, Tex. (Angus G. Wynne, Dallas, Tex., and J. Howard Edmondson, Oklahoma City, Okl., with them on the brief), for appellee.
Before PICKETT, HILL and SETH, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.
PICKETT, Circuit Judge.
This appeal concerns the validity of a professional football contract signed by Ralph Neely, a University of Oklahoma football player, and Houston Oilers, Inc., a Texas corporation which owns and operates a professional football team in the American Football League. Neely, a high school athlete of great promise, graduated from the Farmington, New Mexico high school in 1961, and found his way to the...
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