MURPHY v. WASHINGTON AMERICAN LEAGUE BASE BALL CLUB

No. 16119.

293 F.2d 522 (1961)

H. Gabriel MURPHY, Appellant v. WASHINGTON AMERICAN LEAGUE BASE BALL CLUB, INC., et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 15, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Daniel M. Gribbon, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Joel Barlow, John B. Jones, Jr., and Charles D. Hawley, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. John E. Powell, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Arthur P. Drury, John M. Lynham and Henry H. Paige, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before PHILLIPS, Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, EDGERTON and BAZELON, Circuit Judges.


BAZELON, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff below owns forty percent of the outstanding stock of the Washington American League Base Ball Club, Inc., a District of Columbia corporation, which at the time this suit was brought had operated the "Senators" baseball team for many years under its American League franchise. In this suit, he seeks injunctive relief against the corporation and its directors, defendants below, on his claim that the directors have agreed to dispose of...

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