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NEW YORK FOOTBALL GIANTS v. LOS ANGELES CHARGERS F. CLUB

No. 18591.

291 F.2d 471 (1961)

NEW YORK FOOTBALL GIANTS, INC., Appellant. v. LOS ANGELES CHARGERS FOOTBALL CLUB, INC., and Charles Flowers, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 14, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel T. Camche, J. Howard Carter, New York City, James Hugh Ray, Tupelo, Miss. (Lumpkin, Holland & Ray, Tupelo, Miss., Townley, Updike, Carter & Rodgers, New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

James McClure, Herbert M. Fant, Sardis, Miss., Lester G. Fant, Jr., Holly Springs, Miss. (McClure, Fant & McClure, Sardis, Miss., of counsel, for Los Angeles Chargers Football Club, Inc.; R. P. Crutcher, Jr., Holly Springs, Miss., of counsel, for Charles Flowers) for appellees.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, RIVES, Circuit Judge, and DE VANE, District Judge.

TUTTLE, Chief Judge.

In the case of Detroit Football Company v. Robinson, 186 F.Supp. 933, 934, Judge Wright, of the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, said:

"This case is but another round in the sordid fight for football players, a fight which begins before these athletes enter college and follows them through their professional careers. It is a fight characterized by deception, double dealing, campus...

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