Legal Opinion
Chuy v. Philadelphia Eagles Football Club
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 18, 1977No. Civ. A. 71-1802PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge.
I. Preliminary Statement
This opinion addresses the post-trial motions of the defendant, The Philadelphia Eagles Football Club (Eagles), to set aside a substantial jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Donald Chuy, a former Eagles lineman, on claims of breach of contract and intentional infliction of mental distress. 1 We also consider plaintiff’s motion for a new trial on his defamation claim which the jury resolved in the Eagles favor. The unusual factual background of this case may be summarized as follows.
On November 2, 1969, Chuy…
2Cases cited47 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Time, Inc. v. FirestoneSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- PAPIEVES Et Ux. v. KellySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Eric Waldbaum v. Fairchild Publications, IncCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- Tavoulareas v. PiroCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- Moss v. StockardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Wheeler v. GreenOregon Supreme Court · 1979
- E.H. McDowell in No. 83-3008 v. Michael Paiewonsky, in No. 83-3007Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
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