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WASHINGTON PRO. BASKETBALL CORP. v. NATIONAL B. ASS'N

147 F.Supp. 154 (1956)

The WASHINGTON PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL CORPORATION, Inc., Plaintiff, v. The NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION, an unincorporated association, Maurice Podoloff, President and Treasurer, National Basketball Association, Boston Celtics Basketball Club, Inc., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

December 11, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, for defendants National Basketball Ass'n, Maurice Podoloff, Boston Celtics Basketball Club, Inc., Zollner Machine Works, Inc., Minneapolis Basketball, Inc., Madison Square Garden Corp., and Syracuse Professional Basketball Club, Inc.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, for plaintiff.

SUGARMAN, District Judge.

The business of professional basketball, as conducted by The National Basketball League and its constituent teams on a multistate basis, coupled with the sale of rights to televise and broadcast the games for interstate transmission, is trade or commerce among the several States within the meaning of the Sherman Act,1 15 U.S.C.A. § 1 et seq. The allegations of the complaint which, on these motions...

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