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DONATELLI v. NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

No. 89-1681.

893 F.2d 459 (1990)

John Clark DONATELLI, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 12, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert Dym, with whom Bingham B. Leverich, Bruce N. Kuhlik, Kenneth J. Diamond, Covington & Burling, Christopher H. Little, John Voorhees, Fran R. Robins-Liben, and Tillinghast, Collins & Graham were on brief for defendant, appellant.

Martin W. Aisenberg, with whom Robert S. Thurston, Jones & Aisenberg, John B. Harwood, and McKinnon & Harwood were on brief for plaintiff, appellee.

Before BOWNES, VAN GRAAFEILAND and SELYA, Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

After plaintiff-appellee John Clark Donatelli sued the National Hockey League (NHL), the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island refused to dismiss the case for want of personal jurisdiction. Donatelli v. NHL, 708 F.Supp. 31 (D.R.I.1989). Believing that its order "involve[d] a controlling question of law as to which there is substantial...

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