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NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASS'N v. WILLIAMS

No. 761, Docket 94-7709.

45 F.3d 684 (1995)

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION; Atlanta Hawks, L.P.; Capital Bullets Basketball Club, Inc.; Boston Celtics Limited Partnership; Charlotte NBA Limited Partnership; Dallas Basketball Limited; Denver Nuggets Limited Partnership; Detroit Pistons Basketball Company; Golden State Warriors; Rocket Ball, Ltd.; Jazz Basketball Investors, Inc.; LAC Basketball Club, Inc.; Los Angeles Lakers, Inc.; Madison Square Garden Corporation; Meadowlands Basketball Associates; Miami Heat Limited Partnership; Milwaukee Bucks, Inc.; Minnesota Professional Basketball Limited Partnership; Orlando Magic, Ltd.; Pacers Basketball Corporation; Philadelphia 76ers Basketball Club, Inc.; Phoenix Suns Limited Partnership, L.P.; Sacramento Kings Limited Partnership, L.P.; San Antonio Spurs, Ltd.; Ackerley Communications, Inc.; Trail Blazers Inc. and Gund Business Enterprises, Inc., Plaintiffs-Counterclaim-Defendants-Appellees, Chicago Professional Sports Limited Partnership, Counterclaim-Defendant-Appellee, v. Charles L. WILLIAMS; Charles D. Smith; Daniel R. Manning; Rolando A. Blackman; Mark E. Eaton; Lafayette Lever; Herbert L. Williams; James A. Jackson; Dikembe Mutombo; Glenn A. Rivers; David M. Robinson; Reggie Williams; Eric Anderson; Marty Conlon; Christian Laettner; Adrian Autry and Shawnelle Scott, on behalf of themselves and all persons similarly situated, Defendants-Counterclaim-Plaintiffs-Appellants, Eric Mobley and Trevor Ruffin, Defendants-Appellants, Dominique Wilkins; Horace Grant; Brian Shaw; Dale Davis; Terrell Brandon; Donyell Marshall and National Basketball Players Association, Counterclaim-Plaintiffs-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 24, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., New York City (Robert S. Rifkind, Rowan D. Wilson, Michelle K. Jacobs, Sara M. Darehshori, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City; George H. Cohen, Robert M. Weinberg, Andrew D. Roth, Bredhoff & Kaiser, Washington, DC; Simon P. Gourdine, Ronald Klempner, New York City, of counsel), for appellants.

Jeffrey A. Mishkin, New York City (Howard L. Ganz, Steven C. Krane, Wendy H. Schwartz, Douglas L. Perlman, Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn; Frank Rothman, Shepard Goldfein, William L. Daly, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom; Richard W. Buchanan, of counsel), for appellees.

Joel G. Chefitz (Stephen D. Libowsky, Robert K. Niewijk, Katten Muchin & Zavis, Chicago, IL; John N. Romans, Katten Muchin & Zavis, New York City, of counsel), for counterclaim-defendant-appellee Chicago Professional Sports Ltd. Partnership.

Before: WINTER, PRATT, and CALABRESI, Circuit Judges.

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, who are professional basketball players and their union, appeal Judge Duffy's dismissal of their counterclaim and grant of declaratory relief to the National Basketball Association (the "NBA") and its member teams (collectively, the "NBA Teams"). Judge Duffy held that: (i) the antitrust laws have no application to the collective bargaining negotiations between appellants and the NBA Teams; and (ii) even if the antitrust laws apply...

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