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FISHMAN v. ESTATE OF WIRTZ

Nos. 85-1453, 85-1545.

807 F.2d 520 (1986)

Marvin L. FISHMAN and Illinois Basketball, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ESTATE OF Arthur M. WIRTZ, et al., Defendants-Appellants. and ILLINOIS BASKETBALL, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ESTATE OF Arthur M. WIRTZ, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 21, 1986.

As Amended March 3, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald R. Harris, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Bruce S. Sperling, Paul E. Slater, Sperling, Slater & Spitz, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before CUDAHY and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal concerns the 1972 purchase by defendant Chicago Professional Sports Corporation ("CPSC") of the Chicago Bulls professional basketball team. Plaintiffs Illinois Basketball, Inc. ("IBI") and Marvin Fishman, who had also sought to purchase the Bulls, brought suit alleging that the Bulls had been acquired through violations of the Sherman Act and Illinois common law. The district court found that IBI and CPSC had been competing to control...

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