Legal Opinion
In Re Professional Hockey Antitrust Litigation
United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Decided January 16, 1973No. 119PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
Before ALFRED P. MURRAH * , Chairman, and JOHN MINOR WISDOM, EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, WILLIAM H. BECKER, JOSEPH S. LORD, III, and STANLEY A. WEIGEL, Judges of the Panel. PER CURIAM.
Prior to the formation of the World Hockey Association (WHA) in 1971, the National Hockey League (NHL) was the only major league professional hockey association in North America. Member teams in the WHA successfully induced many players under contract to NHL teams to disregard the so-called “reserve clause” in their 1971-72 Standard Player’s Contracts and to sign contracts with WHA teams…
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- Philadelphia World Hockey Club, Inc. v. Philadelphia Hockey Club, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1972
- Nassau Sports v. PetersDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1972
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- In Re Professional Hockey Antitrust LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1974
- In Re Professional Hockey Antitrust LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1974
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