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WOOD v. NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASS'N

No. 1454, Docket 86-7173.

809 F.2d 954 (1987)

O. Leon WOOD a/k/a Leon Wood, Plaintiff-Appellant, 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-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliot H. Pollack, New York City (Fred L. Slaughter, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Jeffrey A. Mishkin, New York City, (Francis D. Landrey, Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn, New York City, Gary B. Bettman, General Counsel, National Basketball Ass'n, of counsel), for defendants-appellees National Basketball Ass'n and Philadelphia 76ers Basketball Club, Inc.

James W. Quinn, New York City (Jeffrey S. Klein, Joel C. Schochet, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee National Basketball Players Ass'n.

Before WINTER and PRATT, Circuit Judges, and MALETZ, Judge.

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

O. Leon Wood, an accomplished point-guard from California State University at Fullerton and a member of the gold medal-winning 1984 United States Olympic basketball team, appeals from Judge Carter's dismissal of his antitrust action challenging certain provisions of a collective bargaining agreement between the National Basketball Association ("NBA"), its member-teams, and the National Basketball Players Association ("NBPA"). Wood contends that...

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