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LOS ANGELES MEMORIAL COLISEUM COM'N v. N.F.L.

Nos. 82-5572 to 82-5574, 82-5664, 82-5665, 83-5714, 83-5732 and 83-5938.

726 F.2d 1381 (1984)

LOS ANGELES MEMORIAL COLISEUM COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, an unincorporated association, et al., Defendants/Cross-Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, and NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS FOOTBALL CLUB, INC., Highwood Service, Inc., Empire Sports, Inc., Houston Oilers, Inc., New York Jets Football Club, Inc., and Chargers Football Company, Kansas City Chiefs Football Club, Inc., and Miami Dolphins, Ltd., Defendants/Cross-Defendants-Appellants, and Los Angeles Rams Football Co., Defendant/Cross-Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, and Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Inc., Intervenor/Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. OAKLAND RAIDERS, LTD., Cross-Claimant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 28, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maxwell M. Blecher, Howard F. Daniels, Blecher, Collins & Hoecker, Los Angeles, Cal., for L.A. Coliseum.

Joseph L. Alioto, Alioto & Alioto, Moses Lasky, Lasky, Haas, Cohler & Munter, San Francisco, Cal., for Oakland Raiders, Ltd.

Edwin A. Heafey, Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, Timothy J. Murphy, Oakland, Cal., for Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Inc.

Paul J. Tagliabue, Covington & Burling, Daniel M. Gribbon, Washington, D.C., for NFL.

William Marshall Morgan, Morgan Wenzel & McNicholas, Los Angeles, Cal., for New England Patriots, et al.

Before ANDERSON and NELSON, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, District Judge.

J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

These appeals involve the hotly contested move by the Oakland Raiders, Ltd. professional football team from Oakland, California, to Los Angeles, California. We review only the liability portion of the bifurcated trial; the damage phase was concluded in May 1983 and is on a separate appeal. After a thorough review of the record and the law, we affirm.

I. FACTS

In 1978, the owner of the Los Angeles Rams, the late...

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