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WOOD v. NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASS'N

No. 84 Civ. 6582 (RLC).

602 F.Supp. 525 (1984)

O. Leon WOOD a/k/a Leon Wood, Plaintiff, v. NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION, an unincorporated association comprised of Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons, Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets, Indiana Pacers, Kansas City Kings, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Milwaukee Bucks, New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns, Portland Trail Blazers, San Antonio Spurs, Seattle Supersonics, Utah Jazz, Washington Bullets, The National Basketball Players Association and the Philadelphia 76ers Basketball Club, Inc., Defendants.

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

October 25, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliott H. Pollack, Attorney for Plaintiff, New York City, for plaintiff; Fred L. Slaughter, of counsel.

Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, New York City, for NBA and Philadelphia 76ers; Jeffrey A. Mishkin, James H. Aibel, Gary B. Bettman, Gen. Counsel, NBA, New York City, of counsel.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, for defendant Nat. Basketball Players Ass'n; James W. Quinn, Jeffrey S. Klein, Joel C. Schochet, New York City, of counsel.

OPINION

ROBERT L. CARTER, District Judge.

Leon Wood, a talented college basketball player, and a member of the United States basketball team that won the gold medal in the Olympic games this past August in Los Angeles, has brought this action alleging that the National Basketball Association's ("NBA") college draft, maximum team salary rules and ban on player corporations constitute violation of section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1. Plaintiff...

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