KANSAS CITY ROYALS BASEBALL CORP. v. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS ASS'N

No. 75-CV-712-W-1

409 F.Supp. 233 (1976)

KANSAS CITY ROYALS BASEBALL CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION, Defendant, Golden West Baseball Company et al., Plaintiff-Intervenors.

United States District Court, W. D. Missouri W. D.

Memorandum and Order February 10, 1976.

Final Judgment and Decree February 11, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis L. Hoynes, Jr., Robert J. Kheel, Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, New York City, James P. Garner, Baker, Hostetler & Patterson, Cleveland, Ohio, Walter J. Kennedy, Hoskins, King, McGannon, Hahn & Hurwitz, Kansas City, Mo., Phil A. Koury, Harry S. Truman Sports Complex, Harry P. Thomson, Jr., George E. Leonard, Shughart, Thomson & Kilroy, Kansas City, Mo., for plaintiff.

Richard M. Moss, New York City, Gen. Counsel, William A. Jolley, Donald M. Fehr, Gant, Jolley, Moran, Walsh, Hager & Gordon, Kansas City, Mo., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JOHN W. OLIVER, District Judge.

I.

This case presents questions concerning the scope and coverage of the arbitration clause contained in Article X of the 1973 Basic Agreement between the American and National Leagues of Professional Baseball Clubs [the Club Owners] and the Major League Baseball Players Association [the Players Association].

The case was commenced on October 28, 1975 when the Kansas City Royals...

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