Boston Athletic Association v. International Marathons

These two appeals present the question whether the president of the Boston Athletic Association (BAA), William T. Cloney, was authorized to enter into a certain contract with the defendant International Marathons', Inc. (IMI), by its president Marshall Medoff. This contract purported to designate IMI as the exclusive promoter of the Boston Marathon (Marathon).

Two rulings are before us: an interlocutory order granting the BAA’s request for a preliminary injunction, and a partial summary judgment in favor of BAA declaring the contract be tween the BAA and IMI void ab initio. 2 We affirm both…