Legal Opinion
Neeld v. National Hockey League
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided September 19, 1977No. Civ. 77-32PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM and ORDER
ELFVIN, District Judge.
This is the second action filed by plaintiff Gregory P. Neeld, an individual who has sight in only one eye, against the National Hockey League (“NHL”) and its member franchises. Section 12.6 of the NHL ByLaws provides that:
“A player with only one eye, or one of whose eyes has a vision of only three-sixtieths (3-60ths) or under, shall not be eligible to play for a Member Club.”
In June of 1975 plaintiff had been selected by the Buffalo Sabres hockey team (“the Sabres”, of which the member franchisee is defendant Niagara Frontier Hockey Corporation) in…
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