Legal Opinion
Forbes v. Eagleson
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 27, 1998No. CIV.A. 95-7021PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
O’NEILL, District Judge.
Plaintiffs David S. Forbes, Richard D. Middleton, D. Bradford Park, Ulf Nilsson, and Douglas D. Smail are former National Hockey League players. Alleging that their union, the NHL Players Association (“NHLPA”), was co-opted by the NHL and pilfered by their own union leader for nearly two decades, plaintiffs bring this suit as a putative class action on behalf of all players employed by NHL teams between 1972 and 1991 against R. Alan Eagleson, former executive director of the NHLPA; several businesses owned or controlled by Eagleson, Jial-son Holdings, Ltd.,…
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3Cited by9 opinions
- David S. Forbes Richard D. Middleton D. Bradford Park Ulf Nilsson Douglas D. Smail, Suing Individually and on Behalf of a Class of Similarly Situated Individuals, to Wit, All Persons Employed as Professional Hockey Players by Any of the Professional Hockey Teams During the Time Period in Which R. Alan Eagleson Served as Executive Director of the National Hockey League Players Association v. R. Alan Eagleson the National Hockey League Philadelphia Flyers Limited Partnership Boston Professional Hockey Association, Inc. Niagara Frontier Hockey, L.P. Calgary Flames Limited Partnership Chicago Blackhawk Hockey Team, Inc. Dallas Hockey Club, Inc. Detroit Red Wings, Inc. Edmonton Oilers Hockey Corp. Ktr Hockey Limited Partnership Lak Acquisition Corp. Le Club De Hockey Canadien, Inc. Meadowlanders, Inc. New York Islanders Hockey Club, L.P. Rangers Hockey Club, a Division of Madison Square Garden Center, Inc. Pittsburgh Hockey Associates Comsat Entertainment Group, Inc. A Subsidiary of Comsat Corporation St. Louis Blues Hockey Club, L.P. San Jose Sharks Corp. Maple Leaf Gardens, Limited Vancouver Hockey Club, Ltd. Washington Hockey Limited Partnership Jets Hockey Ventures, (A Limited Partnership) John Ziegler William W. Wirtz Samuel Simpson Arthur Harnett Marvin Goldblatt Irving Ungerman Howard Ungerman Arthur Harnett Enterprises, Ltd. Harcom Consultants, Ltd. Harcom Stadium Advertising All Canada Sports Promotions, Ltd. Rae-Con Consultants, Ltd. Sports Management, Ltd. Eagleton, Ungerman, a Law Firm Jialson Holdings, Ltd. Colorado Avalanche LLC David S. Forbes Richard D. Middleton D. Bradford Park Ulf Nilsson Douglas D. SmailCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
- Statistical Phone Philly v. Nynex Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 2000
- Forbes v. EaglesonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
- Dongelewicz v. First Eastern BankDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1999
- Four Seasons Solar Products Corp. v. Southwall Technologies, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
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