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GILDER v. PGA TOUR, INC.

No. 89-16725.

936 F.2d 417 (1991)

Bob GILDER, Ken Green, John Inman, Rafe Botts, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. PGA TOUR, INC., a Maryland Nonprofit Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 12, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Decof, Decof & Grimm, Providence, R.I., Daniel Cracchiolo, Jack D. Klausner, Marigene Dessaint, Burch & Cracchiolo, Harry J. Cavanagh, O'Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Westover, Killingsworth & Beshears, P.A., Phoenix, Ariz., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Thomas J. McDermott, Jr., Rogers & Wells Roger A. Clark, Jerry W. Markham, Geoffrey C. Jarvis, Rita McCloy Stephanz, Washington, D.C., Rogers & Wells, Charles R. Hartman, III, Los Angeles, Cal., Case & Bennett, William F. Bennett, Scottsdale, Ariz. (Edward L. Moorhouse General Counsel Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Before TANG, FARRIS and D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

TANG, Circuit Judge:

Karsten Manufacturing Corporation and eight professional golf players challenge the implementation of a new rule by the PGA Tour (PGA) banning clubs with U-shaped grooves. Karsten and the professional player plaintiffs challenge the actions of the PGA on antitrust and state law grounds. After a three day hearing, the district court granted a preliminary injunction enjoining the PGA from implementing the rule. 727 F.Supp. 1333...

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