Legal Opinion
United States Football League v. National Football League
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 19, 1989No. 84 Civ. 7484 (PKL)PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
(Opinion No. 18)
LEISURE, District Judge.
This action was tried over ten weeks in the summer months of 1986. The United States Football League and certain of its member clubs (collectively the “USFL”) brought suit against the National Football League, its commissioner and certain of its member clubs (collectively the “NFL”) for violations of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1 and 2, and of the common law.
At the conclusion of the trial, the jury rendered a series of general verdicts, and answered numerous special interrogatories. Those findings were…
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