Legal Opinion
Detroit Football Company v. John Robinson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 14, 1960No. 18496_1PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, Circuit Judge.
The appellant, Detroit Football Company, operates the Detroit Lions professional football club. The appellee, John Robinson, was a football player on the team of Louisiana State University during its 1959 season. The facts from which this controversy arose were thus stated in the findings of the district court:
“On December 2, 1959, Robinson was approached in Baton Rouge by the president of the Detroit Football Company and solicited to join the Lions for the 1960 season. He was offered a salary of $14,500, of which $2,500 would be advanced then and there and $1,000 would…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. W. T. Grant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Yakus v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- United States v. CorrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. v. CallawayCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1943
- Miami Beach Federal Savings and Loan Association, and Cross v. Ralph M. Callander, and Cross-Appellants. Ralph M. Callander, and Cross-Appellees v. Miami Beach Federal Savings and Loan Association, and Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by25 opinions
- L. W. Ferrell and Jo Ferrell, Next Friends of Phillip Ferrell v. Dallas Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Eli Lilly and Company, Inc. v. Generix Drug Sales, Inc., Caribe Chemical Company, Inc., Ellencee Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Inc., (Three Cases)Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- United States v. Ellett R. Dogan, Sheriff and Tax Collector, Tallahatchie County, MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Flight Engineers' International Association, Afl-Cio v. American Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- David Bayless v. Floyd Martine, Dean of Students, Southwest Texas State UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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