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SEATTLE TOTEMS, ETC. v. NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

No. 79-4209.

652 F.2d 852 (1981)

SEATTLE TOTEMS HOCKEY CLUB, INC., Eldred W. Barnes and Vincent H. D. Abbey, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE, et al., Defendants, Northwest Sports Enterprises, Ltd., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 3, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederic C. Tausend, Seattle, Wash., argued, for defendant-appellant; James M. Rupp, Rex Stratton, Schweppe, Doolittle, Krug, Tausend & Beezer, Richard S. White, Seattle, Wash., on brief.

Wayne R. Parker, Midway, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before WRIGHT, POOLE, and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.

NORRIS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises out of a private antitrust action brought in federal district court by appellees Vincent Abbey and Eldred Barnes, owners of the Seattle Totems, an ice hockey team in the now-defunct Western Hockey League. Named as defendants were the National Hockey League (NHL), Northwest Sports, owners of the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL, and various League officers and club owners. The suit charges defendants with unlawful monopolization...

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