McCOURT v. CALIFORNIA SPORTS, INC.

Nos. 78-1462 to 78-1464.

600 F.2d 1193 (1979)

Dale McCOURT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CALIFORNIA SPORTS, INC., and the Los Angeles Kings, Inc., Defendants-Appellants. Dale McCOURT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CALIFORNIA SPORTS, INC., et al., Defendants, National Hockey League, Defendant-Appellant. Dale McCOURT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CALIFORNIA SPORTS, INC., et al., Defendants, National Hockey League Players' Association, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 22, 1979.

Rehearing Denied June 27, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Avern Cohn, William G. Christopher, Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn, Detroit, Mich., Richard M. Mosk, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellants in No. 78-1462.

Laurence D. Connor, Roger K. Timm, Dykema, Gossett, Spencer, Goodnow & Trigg, John A. Entenman, Ted T. Amsden, Detroit, Mich., Brian M. Smith, Brian M. Smith & Associates, P.C., Troy, Mich., for plaintiff-appellee.

Fred W. Freeman, Kenneth J. McIntyre, Dickenson, Wright, McKean, Cudlip & Moon, Detroit, Mich., Harry L. Shniderman, Bingham B. Leverich, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellant in No. 78-1463.

Joseph A. Sullivan, Bodman, Longley & Dahling, Detroit, Mich., Lawrence Latto, Benjamin Boley, Shea & Gardner, Wendy S. White, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellant in No. 78-1464.

Before EDWARDS, Chief Judge, and ENGEL and MERRITT, Circuit Judges.


ENGEL, Circuit Judge.

The reserve system,1 in professional athletics, has been the subject of exhaustive and spirited discussion both in the sports and in the legal world. Its supporters urge that it stimulates athletic competition between the teams of a sports league; its opponents urge that it stifles economic competition among those same teams. We have no doubt that there is a measure of truth in both claims.

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