Stephan v. World Wide Sports, Inc.

FRANK D. CONNETT, Jr., Special Judge.

This case arises out of contracts to manage prize fighters entered into between plaintiff Billy Stephan as manager and Don Cobbs and Charles Williams as fighters in the state of California in 1965. Plaintiff brought suit in St. Louis against defendants Roger Scherck, J. C. Healy and World Wide Sports, Inc., seeking $100,000 damages and $150,000 punitive damages he claims to have suffered because defendant World Wide Sports, Inc. entered into subsequent management contracts with Cobbs and Williams in violation of plaintiff’s prior contracts, and that…