CHICAGO PROFESSIONAL SPORTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP and WGN Continental Broadcasting Company, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION, Defendant-Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued October 17, 1991.
Decided April 14, 1992.
Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 4, 1992.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Joel G. Chefitz (argued), Stephen D. Libowsky, James E. Hanlon, Jr., Andrew Hale, Audrey G. Young, Katten, Muchin & Zavis, Chicago, Ill., for Chicago Professional Sports Limited Partnership, plaintiff-appellee.
John R. McCambridge (argued), Irving C. Faber, Darrell J. Graham, Eric D. Brandfonbrener, Grippo & Elden, Chicago, Ill., for WGN Continental Broadcasting Co., plaintiff-appellee.
David D. Hiller, Charles J. Sennet, Tribune Co.
Jeffrey A. Mishkin (argued), Marc J. Goldstein, Michael A. Cardozo, David M. Lederkramer, Bradley I. Ruskin, Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, New York City, Christopher Wolf, Warren L. Dennis, Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, Washington, D.C., Tyrone C. Fahner, Kenneth E. Wile, Matthew A. Rooney, Herbert L. Zarov, John E. Muench, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.
James W. Quinn, Jeffrey L. Kessler, Bruce S. Meyer, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, for National Basketball Ass'n amicus curiae.
Stephen F. Ross, University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, Ill., Gene Kimmelman, Consumer Federation of America, Washington, D.C., for Consumer Federation of America amicus curiae.
Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and CUDAHY and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 4, 1992.
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
WGN-TV, channel 9 in Chicago, is called a superstation because cable systems throughout the nation carry its signal. During the 1990-91 season WGN telecast 25 games of the Chicago Bulls, one of 27 teams in the National Basketball Association. During the 1991-92 season WGN will telecast 30 of the Bulls' regular-season games. This is a boon to fans, for, apart from the seven contests...
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