Legal Opinion
Robertson v. National Basketball Ass'n
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 30, 1976No. 70 Civ. 1526PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERT L. CARTER, District Judge. The Relevant Facts
This Rule 23(b)(1) class litigation was instituted in April, 1970, on behalf of all present players in the National Basketball Association (“NBA”) and all those who would become NBA players prior to final judgment. The complaint seeks the elimination of practices and procedures of the defendant NBA and its member clubs allegedly designed to prevent competition for players’ services through the college draft, player allocation, reserve clause, and other such devises. An injunction against a merger of the NBA and the American Basketball…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,547 Arthur Newman v. Howard M. Stein, and Morrie Benson and Rose Lerman, Objectants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- United States v. Sealy, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
- State of West Virginia v. Chas. Pfizer & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1970
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3Cited by29 opinions
- James McCoy (Yazoo) Smith v. Pro Football, Inc., a Maryland Corporation, A/K/A Washington Redskins and the National Football League, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- Parker v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- White v. National Football LeagueDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1993
- Adams v. RobertsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1995
- In re MilkenDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1993
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