1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.Supp.
  4. 435 F.Supp.
  5. 435 F.Supp. 1372 (1977)
 

NAT. FOOTBALL LEAGUE v. GOVERNOR OF STATE OF DEL.

Civ. A. No. 76-273.

435 F.Supp. 1372 (1977)

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, an unincorporated association, and its twenty-eight constituent member clubs, to wit, et al., Plaintiffs, v. GOVERNOR OF the STATE OF DELAWARE, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. of Delaware.

August 11, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Norman Veasey, Richard J. Abrams, Roderick R. McKelvie and Thomas L. Ambro of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Del., Townley & Updike, New York City, for plaintiffs.

James M. Mulligan, Jr., Andrew G. T. Moore, II, and James S. Green of Connolly, Bove & Lodge, Richard R. Wier, Jr., Atty. Gen. of State of Del., Wilmington, Del., for defendants.

OPINION

STAPLETON, District Judge:

In August 1976, the Office of the Delaware State Lottery announced a plan to institute a lottery game based on games of the National Football League ("NFL"). Immediately thereafter, the NFL and its twenty-eight member clubs filed suit in this Court against the Governor and the Director of the State Lottery seeking preliminary and permanent injunctive relief barring such a lottery scheme. The State of Delaware intervened...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases