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SULLIVAN v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

No. 94-1031.

34 F.3d 1091 (1994)

William H. SULLIVAN II, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, & Members of the National Football League, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 16, 1994.

Order Denying Rehearing October 26, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Vanderstar, with whom Sonya D. Winner, Ethan M. Posner, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, Jeremiah T. O'Sullivan, Sarah Chapin Columbia, Choate, Hall & Stewart, Boston, MA, Joseph W. Cotchett, and Cotchett, Illston & Pitre, Burlingame, CA, were on brief, for appellants.

Joseph L. Alioto and Frederick P. Furth, with whom Angela M. Alioto, Law Offices of Joseph L. Alioto, San Francisco, CA, Alan R. Hoffman, Lynch, Brewer, Hoffman & Sands, Boston, MA, Bruce J. Wecker, Michael P. Lehmann and Furth, Fahrner & Mason, San Francisco, CA, were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and STAHL, Circuit Judge.

TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.

The National Football League and twenty-one organizations owning NFL franchises (referred to collectively as the "NFL") appeal the judgment entered against them after a jury found that the NFL violated the antitrust laws by restricting owners of member football clubs from selling shares in their teams to the public. Plaintiff-appellee, William H. Sullivan, former owner of the New England Patriots football team (the "Patriots"), was awarded...

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