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MID-SOUTH GRIZZLIES v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Civ. A. No. 79-4373.

550 F.Supp. 558 (1982)

MID-SOUTH GRIZZLIES, et al. v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania, Civil Division.

November 5, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Sprague, Edward H. Rubenstone Sprague, Goldberg & Rubenstone, Gary Green, Robert A. Davitch, Sidkoff, Pincus, Greenberg & Green, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Edwin P. Rome, Morris L. Weisberg, Blank, Rome, Comisky & McCauley, Philadelphia, Pa., Hamilton Carothers, James C. McKay, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

McGLYNN, District Judge.

Pending before the court is Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment. Although the submissions regarding the motion are voluminous, they in essence address one issue: does a professional sport league's refusal to accept for membership a qualified applicant for a franchise in an area where no current league team is located violate Sections 1 or 2 of the Sherman Act? Based on the undisputed material facts and...

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