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VKK CORP. v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

No. 94 Civ. 8335(MP).

55 F.Supp.2d 196 (1999)

VKK CORPORATION, VKK Patriots, Inc., Victor K. Kiam II, Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, B & B Holdings, Inc., The Five Smiths, Inc.; Buffalo Bills, Inc., The Chicago Bears Football Bears Club, Inc., Cincinnati Bengals, Inc., Cleveland Browns Football Co., Dallas Cowboys Football, Inc., PDB Sports Inc., The Detroit Lions, Inc., The Green Bay Packers, Inc., Houston Oilers, Inc., Indianapolis Colts, Inc., Kansas City Chiefs Football Club, Inc., Miami Dolphins, Ltd., Minnesota Vikings Football Club, Inc., New York Football Giants, Inc., New York Jets Football Club, Inc., Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc., San Diego Chargers Football Co., Seattle Seahawks, Inc., Tampa Bay Area NFL Football, Inc., Pro-Football, Inc., Touchdown Jacksonville, Ltd., and Touchdown Jacksonville, Inc., Defendants.

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

As Amended July 8, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Williams and Connolly (Steven R. Kuney, Mark S. Levinstein, Kevin Downey, of counsel), Washington, D.C., Kramer Levin Naftalis, Nessen Kamin & Frankel, LLP (Robert M. Heller, of counsel), New York City, for plaintiffs VKK Corporation, VKK Patriots, Inc., Victor K. Kiam, II.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP (Shepard Goldfein of counsel), New York City, Covington & Burling (Gregg H. Levy of counsel), Washington, DC, for National Football League and Member Team, defendants.

Foley & Lardner (Steven Werber, Chanley Howell of counsel), Jacksonville, FL, co-council for Jacksonville Jaguars, Ltd.

Bledsoe, Schmidt, Lippes & Moonly, P.A. (Terrance E. Schmidt of counsel), Jacksonville, FL, Cooperman, Levitt, Winikoff, Lester & Newman, P.C. (Allen G. Reiter of counsel), New York City, for Touchdown Jacksonville, Inc.

DECISION

MILTON POLLACK, Senior District Judge.

Preliminary

The plaintiffs in this case are Victor K. Kiam II, VKK Corporation and VKK Patriots, Inc. The plaintiffs owned a controlling interest in the New England Patriots, a football team located in Foxboro, Massachusetts, from October 1988 until May 1992.

The defendants in this case are certain member clubs of the National Football League including Jacksonville Jaguars, Ltd...

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