Legal Opinion
New York Football Giants, Inc. v. Los Angeles Chargers Football Club, Inc., and Charles Flowers
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 14, 1961No. 18591PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Chief Judge.
In the case of Detroit Football Company v. Robinson, 186 F.Supp. 933, 934, Judge Wright, of the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, said:
“This case is but another round in the sordid fight for football players, a fight which begins before these athletes enter college and follows them through their professional careers. It is a fight characterized by deception, double dealing, campus jumping, secret alumni subsidization, semi-professionalism and professionalism. It is a fight which has produced as part of its harvest this current rash of contract jumping…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Precision Instrument Manufacturing Co. v. Automotive Maintenance MacHinery Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Keystone Driller Co. v. General Excavator Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Morton Salt Co. v. G. S. Suppiger Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Loughran v. LoughranSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Johnson v. Yellow Cab Transit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Albert E. Kuehnert v. Texstar CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Johanna Farms, Inc. v. Citrus Bowl, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1978
- Houston Oilers, Inc. v. Ralph NeelyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966
- Washington Capitols Basketball Club, Inc. v. BarryDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1969
- McGrew v. City of Jackson, MississippiDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1969
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