UNITED STATES v. INTERNATIONAL BOXING CLUB OF N. Y.


150 F.Supp. 397 (1957)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. INTERNATIONAL BOXING CLUB OF NEW YORK, Inc., a corporation of New York; International Boxing Club, a corporation of Illinois; Madison Square Garden Corporation, a corporation of New York; James D. Norris; and Arthur M. Wirtz, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

March 8, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert Brownell, Jr., Atty. Gen., Victor R. Hansen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Victor H. Kramer, New York City, Richard B. O'Donnell, John D. Swartz, William J. Elkins, Lawrence Gochberg, Frank D. Curtis, Edward F. Corcoran, Attys., Dept. of Justice, New York City, for the United States.

Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, for defendants Madison Square Garden Corp. and International Boxing Club of New York, Inc., Whitney North Seymour, Benjamin C. Milner, III, Armand F. Macmanus, Newell G. Alford, Jr., New York City, of counsel.

Reid & Priest, New York City, Peabody, Westbrook, Watson & Stephenson, Chicago, Ill., for defendants International Boxing Club, Inc., James D. Norris and Arthur M. Wirtz, Charles H. Watson, Ralph M. McDermid, New York City, of counsel.


OUTLINE OF OPINION

1. THE ISSUES PRESENTED.

2. FINDINGS OF FACT.

        I. Description of Defendants and Others.

       II. Professional Boxing.

      III. State and Municipal Regulation of Professional Boxing.

       IV. The Trade and Commerce Involved.

        V. The Interstate Character of This Trade and Commerce.

       VI. The Promotion of Championship Contests—a Separate Part of This Interstate
            Commerce.

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