William H. SULLIVAN, Jr., Plaintiff,
v.
Paul TAGLIABUE, et al., Defendants.
Charles W. SULLIVAN, Plaintiff,
v.
Paul TAGLIABUE, et al., Defendants.
United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 30, 1992.
July 30, 1992.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Alan R. Hoffman, Lynch, Brewer, Hoffman & Sands, Boston, Mass., Joseph V. Cavanagh, Jr., Blish & Cavanagh, Providence, R.I., Joseph L. Alioto, Alioto & Alioto, San Francisco, Cal., for William H. Sullivan, Jr. and Charles W. Sullivan.
Sarah Chapin Columbia, Jeremiah T. O'Sullivan, Choate, Hall & Stewart, Boston, Mass., Matthew F. Medeiros, Flanders & Medeiros, Providence, R.I., John Vanderstar, Ethan M. Posner, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for Paul Tagliabue in No. 92-10592-H.
Sarah Chapin Columbia, Jeremiah T. O'Sullivan, Choate, Hall & Stewart, Boston, Mass., for Pete Rozelle, Nat. Football League, The Five Smiths, Inc., Indianapolis Colts, Inc., Buffalo Bills, Inc., Chicago Bears Football Club, Ltd., Cleveland Browns, Inc., Cincinnati Bengals, Inc., Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Ltd., and PDB Sports, Ltd. in No. 92-10592-H.
Jeremiah T. O'Sullivan, Choate, Hall & Stewart, Boston, Mass., for the Detroit Lions, Inc., Green Bay Packers, Inc., Houston Oilers, Inc., Los Angeles Rams Football Co., Minnesota Vikings Football Co., New Orleans Saints, Ltd., Chargers Football Co., New York Jets Football Club, Inc., B & B Holdings Inc., Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc., Tampa Bay Area NFL Football, Inc., Pro-Football, Inc., and Seattle Professional Football Club, Inc., in No. 92-10592-H.
Sarah Chapin Columbia, Jeremiah T. O'Sullivan, Choate, Hall & Stewart, Boston, Mass., Joseph L. Alioto, Alioto & Alioto, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants in No. 92-10915-H.
United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.
ORDER
HARRINGTON, District Judge.
After hearing oral argument, the Court denies Defendants' Motions to Dismiss the above-entitled cases.
The issue presented by these cases is whether the National Football League's rule which prohibits the sale of shares of interest in an National Football League franchise to any company not engaged in the business of professional football can be viewed as a restraint on trade in violation of Sections 1 and 2 of the...
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