Legal Opinion
Peller v. International Boxing Club, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 1, 1955No. 11525PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINDLEY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff filed his complaint in the district court under Sections 4 and 16 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 15, 26, to recover treble damages for alleged injuries resulting from defendants’ alleged violations of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 1, 2, and to restrain continuing violations. The complaint was dismissed on the ground that professional boxing is a sport and not subject to the prohibitions of the antitrust laws. We reversed that judgment, on authority of the then recent decision of United States v. International Boxing Club, etc., 348…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Bigelow v. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- American Banana Co. v. United Fruit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
- United States v. International Boxing Club of New York, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Harrison v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1953
- American Banana Co. v. United Fruit Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1908
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Hecht v. Pro-Football, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Lloyd L. Hayes, Hayes, Inc. v. T. G. Solomon, Gulf States Theatres, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Robert H. Martin v. Phillips Petroleum CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Morris v. Rental Tools, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1983
- National Wrestling Alliance v. Harold C. Myers, P. L. George v. Harold C. MyersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1963
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