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SALERNO v. AMERICAN LEAGUE OF PRO. BASEBALL CLUBS

No. 69-Civ. 4162.

310 F.Supp. 729 (1969)

Alexander J. SALERNO and William Valentine, Plaintiffs, v. AMERICAN LEAGUE OF PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL CLUBS, an unincorporated association, Joseph E. Cronin, individually and as President of the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, Bowie Kuhn, individually and as the Commissioner of Baseball, and Paul Porter, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

December 10, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Kelner, New York City for plaintiffs.

Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, New York City, for defendant Bowie K. Kuhn; George S. Leisure, Jr., Paul E. Goodspeed, New York City, and Edgar H. Brenner, Arnold & Porter, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

MEMORANDUM

CROAKE, District Judge.

This is an action for damages against the above-named defendants for alleged violations of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act (15 U.S.C. Sections 1 and 2), and the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. Sections 15 and 26), arising out of the "unlawful dismissal and boycott" of plaintiffs from employment as American League Baseball umpires by defendants who, the complaint alleges, are "conducting * * * organized professional baseball as an illegal...

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