Legal Opinion
United States Football League v. National Football League
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 10, 1989No. 1265, Docket 89-7243PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MESKILL, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Leisure, J., awarding plaintiffs-appellees the United States Football League and certain of its member clubs (hereinafter collectively referred to as “the USFL”) $5,529,247.25 in attorney’s fees against defendants-appellants the National Football League and certain of its member clubs (hereinafter collectively referred to as “the NFL”) and taxing $62,220.92 in costs against the NFL for work done in connection with an antitrust suit that resulted in a jury verdict…
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