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PORTSMOUTH BASEBALL CORPORATION v. FRICK

171 F.Supp. 897 (1959)

PORTSMOUTH BASEBALL CORPORATION, a corporation of Virginia, Plaintiff v. Ford C. FRICK, Commissioner of Baseball, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

February 13, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garey & Garey, New York City, for plaintiff.

Willkie, Farr, Gallagher, Walton & Fitzgibbon, New York City, for defendants.

DIMOCK, District Judge, orally.

My own determination is that Major-Minor League Rule 1(a) is not susceptible of the construction that it has application to the broadcasting or telecasting of baseball games in or into Minor League territory. It seems to me that it applies plainly only to the physical occupation of Minor League territory.

There are a great many indications of that in the rule. A statement that no Minor League territory shall be "included" in...

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