Junior BRIDGEMAN, David Robinson, Armon Gilliam, Reggie Williams, Jose Ortiz, Rory Sparrow, Darrell Walker, Phil Hubbard, Ken Barlow, and National Basketball Players Association, on behalf of themselves and all class members, Plaintiffs,
v.
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION, Atlanta Hawks, Ltd., Boston Celtics Limited Partnership, Capital Bullets Basketball Club, Inc., Chicago Professional Sports Limited Partnership, Dallas Basketball Limited, Denver Nuggets Entertainment Co., L.P., Detroit Pistons Basketball Co., Golden State Warriors, A California Limited Partnership, Houston Rockets Pro Basketball Club Ltd., Jazz Basketball Investors, Jerry H. Buss, d/b/a California Sports and the Los Angeles Lakers, Kings Professional Basketball Club, Inc., LAC Basketball Club, Inc., Meadowlands Basketball Associates, t/a New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks, Inc., National Advertising Service, Inc., Cleveland Cavaliers Division, New York Knickerbockers Basketball, a division of Madison Square Garden Center, Inc., Pacers Basketball Corp., The Philadelphia 76ers Basketball Club, Inc., Phoenix Professional Basketball Club, Ltd., Pro Basketball, Inc., Seattle Supersonics, Inc., Spurs Professional Basketball Club, Ltd., Defendants.
In re Chris DUDLEY.
United States District Court, D. New Jersey.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
October 27, 1993.
October 27, 1993.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Lowenstein, Sandler, Kohl, Fisher & Boylan by Gerald Krovatin, Roseland, NJ, Weil, Gotshal & Manges by Bruce S. Meyer, New York City, for Bridgeman Class.
Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn by Kathleen M. McKenna, Clifton, NJ, Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn by Howard L. Ganz, Steven C. Krane, Francis D. Landrey, Wendy H. Schwartz, New York City, for Nat. Basketball Ass'n.
Lowenstein, Sandler, Kohl, Fisher & Boylan by Gerald Krovatin, Roseland, NJ, Bredhoff & Kaiser by George H. Cohen, Robert M. Weinberg, Andrew D. Roth, Washington, DC, Simon P. Gourdine, New York City, for Nat. Basketball Players Ass'n.
Andrews & Kurth by Michael T. Williams, Walter L. Stratton, Los Angeles, CA, Lowenstein, Sandler, Kohl, Fisher & Boylan by Gerald Krovatin, Roseland, NJ, for Chris Dudley.
McCarter & English by Lanny S. Kurzweil, Newark, NJ, Foster Pepper & Shefelman by David B. Howorth, Portland, OR, for Trail Blazers, Inc.
Grotta, Glassman & Hoffman by Stanley L. Goodman, Roseland, NJ, Katten Muchin & Zavis by Brian W. Bulger, Chicago, IL, for The Chicago Bulls.
United States District Court, D. New Jersey.
OPINION
DEBEVOISE, District Judge.
On September 7, 1993 Merrell E. Clark, Jr., Esq., Special Master under the Settlement Agreement in this case (the "Bridgeman Settlement Agreement" or "BSA"), issued his Report $ 28 in which he found "that (1) a multiyear contract with a one-year out is not per se cap circumvention and (2) Articles VI and VII of the BSA contemplate that there may be player options...
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