PARTEE v. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS FOOTBALL CO.

Docket No L.A. 31560.

34 Cal.3d 378 (1983)

668 P.2d 674

194 Cal. Rptr. 367

DENNIS PARTEE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS FOOTBALL COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

August 29, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Terry Christensen, Andrew M. White, Michael E. Viebrock and Wyman, Bautzer, Rothman, Kuchel & Silbert for Defendant and Appellant.

Hamilton Carothers, Keith A. Teel and Covington & Burling as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Louis E. Goebel, Brian D. Monaghan, James E. Rubnitz and Goebel & Monaghan for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

BROUSSARD, J.

The San Diego Chargers Football Company, a California limited partnership, appeals a judgment awarding damages for violation of the California antitrust law. (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 16700 et seq., hereinafter the Cartwright Act.)1 In accordance with other decisions considering the applicability of state antitrust laws to national professional sports leagues, we conclude that...

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