ROBERTSON v. NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASS'N

No. 70 Civ. 1526.

413 F.Supp. 88 (1976)

Oscar ROBERTSON et al., Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION, a Joint Venture, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

March 31, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, by Peter Gruenberger, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, New York City, by Michael A. Cardozo, Richard L. Wasserman, M. William Scherer, New York City, for the NBA Defendants other than Madison Square Garden Corp. and Madison Square Garden Center, Inc.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, by Sidney Stein, New York City, for defendants Madison Square Garden Corp. and Madison Square Garden Center, Inc.

Spengler, Carlson, Gubar & Churchill, New York City, by Robert S. Carlson, New York City, for Long Island Sports Enterprises, Inc. and Denver Nuggets.

Michael H. Goldberg, New York City, for the American Basketball Association and its member teams other than Long Island Sports Enterprises, Inc. and Denver Nuggets.

John H. Boone, San Francisco, Cal., for Wilton N. Chamberlain.


OPINION

ROBERT L. CARTER, District Judge.

Defendants have moved, pursuant to Rules 23(d) and 65, F.R.Civ.P., for a preliminary injunction to prevent Wilton N. Chamberlain from prosecuting an action in the United States District Court for the Central District of California entitled Wilton N. Chamberlain v. National Basketball Association, et al. (75 Civ. 4258) (the Chamberlain action) commenced December 22, 1975.

On January 9, 1976,...

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