David S. FORBES; Richard D. Middleton; D. Bradford Park; Ulf Nilsson; Douglas D. Smail, suing individually and on behalf of a class of similarly situated individuals, to wit, all persons employed as professional hockey players by any of the defendant professional hockey teams during the time period in which defendant R. Alan Eagleson served as Executive Director of the National Hockey League Players Association,
v.
R. Alan EAGLESON; The National Hockey League; Philadelphia Flyers Limited Partnership; Boston Professional Hockey Association, Inc.; Niagara Frontier Hockey, L.P.; Calgary Flames Limited Partnership; Chicago Blackhawk Hockey Team, Inc.; Dallas Hockey Club, Inc.; Detroit Red Wings, Inc.; Edmonton Oilers Hockey Corp.; KTR Hockey Limited Partnership; LAK Acquisition Corp.; Le Club De Hockey Canadien, Inc.; Meadowlanders, Inc.; New York Islanders Hockey Club, L.P.; Rangers Hockey Club, A Division of Madison Square Garden Center, Inc.; Pittsburgh Hockey Associates; Comsat Entertainment Group, Inc.; a subsidiary of Comsat Corporation; St. Louis Blues Hockey Club, L.P.; San Jose Sharks Corp.; Maple Leaf Gardens, Limited; Vancouver Hockey Club, Ltd.; Washington Hockey Limited Partnership; Jets Hockey Ventures, (A Limited Partnership); John Ziegler; William W. Wirtz; Samuel Simpson; Arthur Harnett; Marvin Goldblatt; Irving Ungerman; Howard Ungerman; Arthur Harnett Enterprises, Ltd.; Harcom Consultants, Ltd.; Harcom Stadium Advertising; All Canada Sports Promotions, Ltd.; RAE-CON Consultants, Ltd.; Sports Management, Ltd.; Eagleton, Ungerman, a law firm; Jialson Holdings, Ltd.; Colorado Avalanche LLC
David S. Forbes; Richard D. Middleton; D. Bradford Park; Ulf Nilsson; Douglas D. Smail, Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued September 12, 2000.
Filed October 17, 2000.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Martin J. Oberman (argued), Chicago, IL, Alice W. Ballard, Law Office of Alice W. Ballard, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Judson H. Miner, Carolyn Shapiro, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, Chicago, IL, Charles Barnhill, Jr., Miner, Barnhill & Galland, Edward R. Garvey, Garvey & Stoddard, Madison, WI, Arlin M. Adams, Nancy Winkelman, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, L.L.P., Philadelphia, PA, Attorneys for Appellants.
Michael A. Cardozo (argued), Steven C. Krane, Tandy M. O'Donoghue, Proskauer, Rose L.L.P., New York, NY, Bennett G. Picker, Ellen, Rosen, Rogoff, Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, L.L.P., Philadelphia, PA, Shepard Goldfein, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, L.L.P., New York, NY, Attorneys for Appellees, The National Hockey League; Philadelphia Flyers Limited Partnership; Boston Professional Hockey Association, Inc.; Niagara Frontier Hockey, L.P.; Calgary Flames Limited Partnership; Chicago Blackhawk Hockey Team, Inc.; Dallas Hockey Club, Inc.; Detroit Red Wings, Inc.; Edmonton Oilers Hockey Corp.; KTR Hockey Limited Partnership; LAK Acquisition Corp.; Le Club De Hockey Canadien, Inc.; Meadowlanders, Inc.; New York Islanders Hockey Club, L.P.; Rangers Hockey Club, a division of Madison Square Garden Center, Inc.; Pittsburgh Hockey Associates; Comsat Entertainment Group, Inc., a subsidiary of Comsat Corporation; St. Louis Blues Hockey Club, L.P.; San Jose Sharks Corp.; Maple Leaf Gardens, Limited; Vancouver Hockey Club, Ltd.; Washington Hockey Limited Partnership; Jets Hockey Ventures, (A limited partnership); John Ziegler, William W. Wirtz; Colorado Avalanche L.L.C.
R. Alan Eagleson, Clarkburg, Canada, Attorney pro se.
BEFORE: NYGAARD, ROTH, and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION OF THE COURT
GREENBERG, Circuit Judge.
I. BACKGROUND
Five former National Hockey League ("NHL") players, David S. Forbes, Richard D. Middleton, D. Bradford Park, Ulf Nilsson, and Douglas D. Smail, have brought this RICO class action on behalf of all individuals who played NHL professional hockey during the time in which defendant R. Alan Eagleson served as executive director of the National Hockey League Players' Association ("NHLPA")....
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