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NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASS'N v. WILLIAMS

No. 94 Civ. 4488 (KTD).

857 F.Supp. 1069 (1994)

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION, Atlanta Hawks, L.P., Capital Bullets Basketball Club, Inc., Boston Celtics Limited Partnership, Charlotte NBA Limited Partnership, Chicago Professional Sports Limited Partnership, Dallas Basketball Limited, the Denver Nuggets Limited Partnership, Detroit Pistons Basketball Company, Golden State Warriors, Rocket Ball, Ltd., Jazz Basketball Investors, Inc., LAC Basketball Club, Inc., The Los Angeles Lakers, Inc., Madison Square Garden Corporation, Meadowlands Basketball Associates, the Miami Heat Limited Partnership, Milwaukee Bucks, Inc., Minnesota Professional Basketball Limited Partnership, Gund Business Enterprises, Inc., Orlando Magic, Ltd., Pacers Basketball Corporation, The Philadelphia 76ers Basketball Club, Inc., Phoenix Suns Limited Partnership, Sacramento Kings Limited Partnership, L.P., San Antonio Spurs, Ltd., Ackerly Communications, Inc., and Trail Blazers, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. Charles L. WILLIAMS, Charles D. Smith, Daniel R. Manning, Rolando A. Blackman, Mark E. Eaton, Lafayette Lever, Herbert L. Williams, James A. Jackson, Dikembe Mutombo, Glenn A. Rivers, David M. Robinson, Reggie Williams, Eric Anderson, Marty Conlon, Christian Laettner, Adrian Autry, Eric Mobley, Trevor Ruffin and Shawnelle Scott, on behalf of themselves and all persons similarly situated, Defendants. Dominique WILKINS, Horace Grant, Brian Shaw, Dale Davis, Terrell Brandon, Donyell Marshall, Charles L. Williams, Charles D. Smith, Daniel R. Manning, Rolando A. Blackman, Mark E. Eaton, Lafayette Lever, Herbert L. Williams, James A. Jackson, Dikembe Mutombo, Glenn A. Rivers, David M. Robinson, Reggie Williams, Eric Anderson, Marty Conlon, Christian Laettner, Adrian Autry, Shawnelle Scott, on behalf of themselves and all persons similarly situated, and the National Basketball Players Association, Counterclaim-plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION, Atlanta Hawks, L.P., Capital Bullets Basketball Club, Inc., Boston Celtics Limited Partnership, Charlotte NBA Limited Partnership, Chicago Professional Sports Limited Partnership, Dallas Basketball Limited, The Denver Nuggets Limited Partnership, Detroit Pistons Basketball Company, Golden State Warriors, Rocket Ball, Ltd., Jazz Basketball Investors, Inc., LAC Basketball Club, Inc., The Los Angeles Lakers, Inc., Madison Square Garden Corporation, Meadowlands Basketball Associates, The Miami Heat Limited Partnership, Milwaukee Bucks, Inc., Minnesota Professional Basketball Limited Partnership, Gund Business Enterprises, Inc., Orlando Magic, Ltd., Pacers Basketball Corporation, the Philadelphia 76ers Basketball Club, Inc., Phoenix Suns Limited Partnership, Sacramento Kings Limited Partnership, L.P., San Antonio Spurs, Ltd., Ackerly Communications, Inc., and Trail Blazers, Inc., Counterclaim-defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

July 18, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn, Howard L. Ganz, of counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Frank Rothman, Shepard Goldfein, of counsel, Jeffrey A. Mishkin, Sr. Vice-President, Legal and Business Affairs, National Basketball Ass'n, New York City, for plaintiffs and counterclaim-defendants.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, Frederick A.O. Schwartz, Jr., Robert S. Rifkind, Rowan D. Wilson, Michelle K. Jacobs, Sara M. Dareshori, of counsel, Bredhoff & Kaiser, Washington, DC, George H. Cohen, Robert M. Weinberg, Andrew D. Roth, for counsel, for defendants and counterclaim-plaintiffs.

Simon P. Gourdine, General Counsel, National Basketball Players Ass'n, New York City, Ronald Klempner, of counsel, for counterclaim-plaintiff National Basketball Players Ass'n.

Lester Bryant Solano & Ganz, P.C., Oklahoma City, OK, James S. Bryant, Robinson Renaissance, of counsel for counterclaim-plaintiff Donyell Marshall.

Katten Muchin & Zavis, Chicago, IL, Stephen D. Libowsky, Joel G. Chefitz, of counsel, Katten Muchin & Zavis, New York City, John N. Romans, of counsel, for counterclaim-defendant Chicago Professional Sports Ltd. Partnership.

OPINION

KEVIN THOMAS DUFFY, District Judge.

The National Basketball Association (the "NBA") and the 27 teams (the "NBA Teams" or "Teams") that compete in the NBA commenced a declaratory action on June 17, 1994 against a class of NBA players as well as prospective NBA players, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2201. In particular, the NBA and the Teams seek a declaration that continued implementation of: (1) the college draft; (2) the right of first refusal...

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