HECHT v. PRO-FOOTBALL, INC.

No. 24446.

444 F.2d 931 (1971)

Norman F. HECHT, Harry Kagan, Marc A. Miller, Appellants, Washington Federals, Inc., et al. v. PRO-FOOTBALL, INC., et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 27, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William Joseph H. Smith, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Mr. Bernard I. Nordlinger, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Robert B. Frank, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee Pro-Football, Inc.

Mr. Ted D. Kuemmerling, Asst. Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia, with whom Messrs. Hubert B. Pair, Acting Corporation Counsel at the time the brief was filed, and Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corporation Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee D. C. Armory Board.

Mr. James C. McKay, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Hamilton Carouthers and Paul J. Tagliabue, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee National Football League.

Before WILKEY, Circuit Judge, VAN PELT, Senior United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska, and GIGNOUX, United States District Judge for the District of Maine.


WILKEY, Circuit Judge.

Appellants brought this action under §§ 1, 2, and 3 of the Sherman Act, alleging that a restrictive covenant in the lease between appellee Pro-Football, Inc., and appellee District of Columbia Armory Board, which prohibits the use of Robert F. Kennedy Stadium by any professional football team other than the Washington Redskins for a period of thirty years, violates the prohibition against contracts in restraint of trade.

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