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PELLER v. INTERNATIONAL BOXING CLUB

No. 11525.

227 F.2d 593 (1955)

Barney PELLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INTERNATIONAL BOXING CLUB, Inc., a corporation of Illinois; Chicago Stadium Corporation, a corporation of Delaware; James D. Norris; Arthur M. Wirtz; Truman K. Gibson, Jr.; Irving Cohen; Rocky Graziano; George Gainford; and Ray Robinson, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

December 1, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheldon O. Collen, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Charles H. Watson and Lowell H. Jacobson, Peabody, Westbrook, Watson and Stephenson, Chicago, Ill., for appellees International Boxing Club, Inc., of Illinois, and others.

Elmer M. Leesman, Friedlund, Levin & Friedlund, Chicago, Ill., for appellees International Boxing Club of New York, Inc., and another.

Vincent D. McConnell, Chicago, Ill., for appellees Ray Robinson and others.

Before FINNEGAN, LINDLEY and SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judges.

LINDLEY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff filed his complaint in the district court under Sections 4 and 16 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 15, 26, to recover treble damages for alleged injuries resulting from defendants' alleged violations of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 1, 2, and to restrain continuing violations. The complaint was dismissed on the ground that professional boxing is a sport and not subject to the prohibitions...

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