NORTH AMERICAN SOCCER v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Nos. 11, 30, Dockets 80-9153, 81-7003.

670 F.2d 1249 (1982)

NORTH AMERICAN SOCCER LEAGUE: Orange County Pro Soccer; Chicago World Soccer Inc.; Caribous of Colorado, Inc.; Michigan Soccer, Limited; Houston Professional Soccer Club, Ltd.; Aztec Professional Soccer Club; Memphis Soccer Club, Inc.; Minnesota Soccer, Inc.; Lipton Professional Soccer, Inc.; Cosmos Soccer Club, Inc.; Oakland Stompers, Ltd.; Philadelphia Soccer Associates; Oregon Soccer, Inc.; Blue & Gold, Ltd.; San Diego Professional Soccer Club; San Jose Earthquakes, Limited; Tampa Bay Soccer Club, Inc.; Pro Soccer, Ltd.; Tulsa Roughnecks, Ltd.; Vancouver Professional Soccer Club, Ltd.; and Washington Diplomats Soccer Club, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellee. v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE: San Francisco 49ers; Oakland Raiders; New England Patriots Football Club, Inc.; Minnesota Vikings Football Club, Inc.; The Five Smiths, Inc.; Baltimore Football, Inc.; Highwood Service, Inc.; Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc.; Cincinnati Bengals, Inc.; Cleveland Browns, Inc.; Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Inc.; Empire Sports, Inc.; The Detroit Lions, Inc.; Green Bay Packers, Inc.; Houston Oilers, Inc.; Los Angeles Rams Football Co.; New Orleans Saints; New York Football Giants, Inc.; New York Jets Football Club, Inc.; Leonard H. Tose, d/b/a Philadelphia Eagles Football Club; Pittsburgh Steelers Sports; Chargers Football Company; Chicago Cardinals Football Club; Pro-Football, Inc.; and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Inc., Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 27, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira M. Millstein, New York City (James W. Quinn, Irwin H. Warren, Jeffrey L. Kessler, Kenneth L. Steinthal, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants-cross-appellee.

William E. Willis, New York City (James H. Carter, Howard D. Burnett, James W. Dabney, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellees-cross-appellant.

Before LUMBARD, MANSFIELD and VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judges.


MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:

The North American Soccer League (NASL) and certain of its member soccer teams (collectively referred to herein as "the NASL") appeal from a judgment of the Southern District of New York, Charles S. Haight, Jr., Judge, dissolving a preliminary injunction and dismissing a complaint seeking a permanent injunction and treble damages for alleged violations of § 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1, by the defendants, the National...

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