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ROONEY v. TYSON

No. 359, Docket 97-7322.

127 F.3d 295 (1997)

Kevin ROONEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael Gerard TYSON, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 24, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Coyle, New York City, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Robert W. Hirth, Sidley & Austin, New York City (James D. Arden, Julie A. Torrey, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: MESKILL and CALABRESI, Circuit Judges, and BRIEANT, District Judge.

CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:

Kevin Rooney appeals from a decision of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Thomas J. McAvoy, Chief Judge), vacating a prior jury award of $4,415,651 in damages for breach of his oral employment contract with defendant Michael Gerard Tyson, and granting Tyson judgment as a matter of law.

I. Background

A.

Rooney claims that, pursuant to an oral contract in...

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