MADISON SQUARE GARDEN BOXING, INC. v. ALI

No. 77 C 873.

430 F.Supp. 679 (1977)

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN BOXING, INC., Plaintiff, v. Muhammad ALI, Defendant.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

April 29, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Tucker, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., John A. Guzzetta, Barry R. Ostrager, Dennis G. Jacobs, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, for plaintiff.

Henry L. Mason, III, Charles E. Lomax, Gerald L. Angst, Shalom L. Kohn, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER1

CROWLEY, District Judge.

Madison Square Garden Boxing, Inc. (MSGB) brought this action against Muhammad Ali (Ali), the heavyweight boxing champion of the world, for breach of contract to fight Duane Bobick (Bobick) in Madison Square Garden. MSGB seeks damages2 and injunctive relief. The document sued upon was executed on November...

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