DETROIT LIONS, INC. v. ARGOVITZ

Civ. A. No. 83CV5649DT.

580 F.Supp. 542 (1984)

The DETROIT LIONS, INC., a corporation and BILLY SIMS, Plaintiffs, v. Jerry A. ARGOVITZ, Individually and as President of the Houston Gamblers, Inc., a corporation, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, S.D.

February 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Lewiston, Bodman, Longley & Dahling, Detroit, Mich., for the Detroit Lions.

Elbert Hatchett, Pontiac, Mich., for Billy Sims.

Stephen Susman, Houston, Tex., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

DeMASCIO, District Judge.

The plot for this Saturday afternoon serial began when Billy Sims, having signed a contract with the Houston Gamblers on July 1, 1983, signed a second contract with the Detroit Lions on December 16, 1983. On December 18, 1983, the Detroit Lions, Inc. (Lions) and Billy R. Sims filed a complaint in the Oakland County Circuit Court seeking a judicial determination that the July 1, 1983, contract between Sims and...

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