Legal Opinion
Philadelphia World Hockey Club, Inc. v. Philadelphia Hockey Club, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided November 8, 1972No. Civ. A. 72-1661, 72-1807, 72-1902, 72-1906 and 72-1995PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.
I
INTRODUCTION
In 1917, the National Hockey League was born with Montreal.and Toronto as its only members. In 1924, Boston was added, followed in 1926 with Chicago, Detroit and New York. In 1967, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, California, Minnesota, St. Louis entered the League and in 1970 Buffalo and Vancouver. In 1972, Nassau (New York) and Atlanta joined this now famous League. Since 1966, the National Hockey League has received in exeess of $36,000,000 for the sale of the rights to play major league professional hockey in their league. When in 1970 the…
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3Cited by43 opinions
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- Scooper Dooper, Inc. v. Kraftco Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
- Robertson v. National Basketball AssociationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1975
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