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NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASS'N v. SDC BASKETBALL CLUB

No. 86-5891.

815 F.2d 562 (1987)

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION, et al., Plaintiff-Counterdefendants-Counterclaimants-Appellants, v. SDC BASKETBALL CLUB, INC. and Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission, Defendants-Counterclaimant-Counterdefendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Cardozo, New York City, for plaintiff-counterclaimants-counterdefendants-appellants.

Christopher Layne and Maxwell M. Blecher, Los Angeles, Cal., Wayne M. Liao and Michael I. Spiegel, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-counterclaimants-counterdefendants-appellees.

Before FERGUSON, NELSON and BEEZER, Circuit Judges.

FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:

Once again this court must consider the application of federal antitrust law to a sports league's effort to restrain the movement of a member franchise. In this case, the league, the National Basketball Association (NBA), seeks declaratory judgment that it may restrain the movement of its franchise, the Los Angeles Clippers (nee San Diego Clippers), and that it may impose a charge upon them for the Clippers' unilateral usurpation of the "franchise...

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