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U.S. FOOTBALL LEAGUE v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

No. 84 Civ. 7484 (PKL).

605 F.Supp. 1448 (1985)

UNITED STATES FOOTBALL LEAGUE; Arizona Wranglers Football Club, Inc.; Birmingham Stallions, Ltd.; Chicago USFL Limited Partnership; Chicago Football Franchise Limited Partnership; Denver Gold Sports, Inc.; Houston USFL Football Franchise; Jax Professionals, Inc.; Memphis Showboats, Ltd.; the Michigan Panthers Football Club, Inc.; Football Generals, Inc.; New Orleans Breakers Limited Partnership; Bay Area Football Partners, Ltd.; Oklahoma Outlaws, Ltd.; Philadelphia Franchise USFL Associates; South Texas Sports, Inc.; Football Partners, Ltd.; and Orlando Football Partners, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE; the Five Smiths, Inc.; Indianapolis Colts, Inc.; Buffalo Bills, Inc.; Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc.; Cincinnati Bengals, Inc.; Cleveland Browns, Inc.; Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Inc.; Rocky Mountain Empire Sports, Inc.; the Detroit Lions, Inc.; Green Bay Packers, Inc.; Houston Oilers Inc.; Los Angeles Rams Football Company; Minnesota Vikings Football Club, Inc.; New England Patriots Football Club, Inc.; New Orleans Saints Louisiana Partnership; New York Football Giants, Inc.; New York Jets Football Club, Inc.; Los Angeles Raiders, Ltd.; the Philadelphia Eagles Football Club; Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc.; St. Louis Football Cardinals Co.; Chargers Football Company; San Francisco Forty-Niners, Ltd.; Tampa Bay Area NFL Football, Inc.; Pro-Football, Inc.; Kansas City Chiefs Football Club, Inc.; Miami Dolphins, Ltd.; Seattle Professional Football and Alvin R. Rozelle, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

April 4, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spengler Carlson Gubar Brodsky & Frischling, Saxe, Bacon & Bolan, P.C., New York City, for plaintiffs; Robert S. Carlson, William J. McSherry, Jr., Richard P. Swanson, Donald G. Davis, Roy M. Cohn, Louis Biancone, New York City, of counsel.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, for defendants; Max Gitter, Gerard E. Harper, New York City, of counsel.

OPINION AND ORDER*

LEISURE, District Judge.

Plaintiffs in this action1 have moved to disqualify counsel for the defendants,2 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison ("Paul, Weiss"). The sheer number3 and volume of the submissions on this motion are indicative of the complexity and importance of the issues the motion raises. A disqualification...

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