NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE v. DALLAS COWBOYS

No. 95 Civ. 7951 (SAS).

922 F.Supp. 849 (1996)

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PROPERTIES, INC., Plaintiff, v. DALLAS COWBOYS FOOTBALL CLUB, LTD., Texas Stadium Corporation, and Jerral W. Jones, Defendants.

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

February 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George T. Conway, III, Stephen R. Black-locks, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York City, for Plaintiff National Football League Properties, Inc.

Michael R. Klein, Michael L. Burack, Thomas P. Olson, Robert F. Hoyt, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC and Peter E. Calamari, Anthony L. Paccione, Hertzog, Calamari & Gleason, New York City, for Defendants Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Ltd., Texas Stadium Corporation and Jerral W. Jones.


OPINION AND ORDER

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge:

Defendants Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Ltd., Texas Stadium Corporation, and Jerral W. Jones (together, "Defendants") move, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6), to dismiss this lawsuit for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. For the reasons set forth below, this motion is granted in part and denied in part.

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