Legal Opinion
Robertson v. National Basketball Ass'n
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 9, 1977No. Nos. 1177, 721, Docket 76-7442, 76-7451PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Robert L. Carter, Judge, approving under Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(e) a settlement of an antitrust class action brought against the professional basketball league known as the National Basketball Association (NBA) and its constituent teams by a class consisting of the 479 individuals who played in the league at some point during the pendency of this action. At the time of settlement, the suit was six years old, discovery had been substantially completed, and Judge Carter had…
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