U.S. FOOTBALL LEAGUE v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

No. 84 Civ. 7484 (PKL).

704 F.Supp. 474 (1989)

UNITED STATES FOOTBALL LEAGUE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, et al., Defendants.

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

January 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myerson & Kuhn, New York City (Harvey D. Myerson, Mark E. Segall, of counsel), for plaintiffs.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City (Frank Rothman, Shepard Goldfein, Seth B. Schafler, of counsel), Davis Polk & Wardell, New York City (Robert B. Fiske, of counsel), Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

(Opinion No. 18)

LEISURE, District Judge.

This action was tried over ten weeks in the summer months of 1986. The United States Football League and certain of its member clubs (collectively the "USFL") brought suit against the National Football League, its commissioner and certain of its member clubs (collectively the "NFL") for violations of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1 and 2, and of...

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