AMERICAN BASKET. ASS'N P. A. v. NATIONAL BASKET. ASS'N

No. 75 Civ. 6184.

404 F.Supp. 832 (1975)

AMERICAN BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYERS ASSOCIATION, an unincorporated association, by James Eakins its President on its behalf, et al., Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION, a joint venture, et al., Defendants.

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

December 19, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lovejoy, Wasson, Lundgren & Ashton by Edwin E. McAmis, Daniel J. Sullivan, Douglas Foster, New York City, Smith, Cohen, Ringel, Kohler & Martin by Prentice Q. Yancy, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs.

Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn by David J. Stern, Jeffrey A. Mishkin, New York City, for defendants NBA and NBA Teams.

Spengler, Carlson, Gubar & Churchill by Robert S. Carlson, New York City, for defendants Long Island Sports Enterprises, Inc. and Denver Nuggets Basketball, Ltd.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison by George P. Felleman, New York City, for defendants Madison Square Garden Corp. and Madison Square Garden Center, Inc.


OPINION

ROBERT L. CARTER, District Judge.

In September, 1974, plaintiff, the American Basketball Association Players Association (ABA Players Ass'n), filed a motion to intervene in Robertson v. National Basketball Association (70 Civ. 1526), pending before this court. For procedural and technical reasons, permission was granted to ABA Players Ass'n to withdraw their motion and to refile the same by September...

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