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NAT. FOOTBALL LEAGUE v. McBEE & BRUNO'S, INC.

Nos. 84-2665, 85-1199 and 85-2350.

792 F.2d 726 (1986)

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE and St. Louis Football Cardinals, Inc., Appellees, v. McBEE & BRUNO'S, INC.; Jerrald Guttmann; Michael Badalamenti; Frank & Frank, Inc.; and Talayna's of South St. Louis, Inc., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 4, 1986.

Rehearing Denied July 1, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Sullivan, St. Louis, Mo., for appellants.

John Vanderstar, Washington, D.C. and Robert E. Wallace, St. Louis, Mo., Rebuttal by Barry Ginsburg, St. Louis, Mo., for appellees.

Before HEANEY, ARNOLD, and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

This lawsuit, brought by the National Football League (NFL) and the St. Louis Football Cardinals (Cardinals), alleges that defendants, the owners of several St. Louis restaurants, violated federal copyright and communications law by showing Cardinals' home games which had been "blacked out" in the St. Louis area. According to plaintiffs, defendants picked up the signals for such games by means of satellite dish antennae. The District Court,...

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