Legal Opinion
In re Professional Hockey Antitrust Litigation
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 3, 1974No. M. D. L. No. 119; Civ. A. Nos. 72-1995, 73-19 and 74-161 to 74-163PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.
OPINION
I
INTRODUCTION
■Plaintiffs, Metropolitan Hockey Club, Inc. and Golden Blades Hockey, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as “M-GB”), are now before this Court pursuant to timely motions by defendants, Nassau Sports, Atlanta Hockey, Inc., and the National Hockey League and its member clubs, who seek against plaintiffs the ultimate supreme penalty—the irrevocable termination and dismissal with prejudice of plaintiffs’ suit. The defendants’ last motion for dismissal was filed on June 19, 1974; yet this is not the first time plaintiffs have been near death's door in…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Societe Internationale Pour Participations Industrielles Et Commerciales, S. A. v. RogersSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. HughesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- McMullen v. Travelers InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Philadelphia World Hockey Club, Inc. v. Philadelphia Hockey Club, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1972
- United States of America for the Use of Weston & Brooker Company, a Corporation v. Continental Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
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- United Nuclear Corp. v. General Atomic Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1980
- Deyo v. KilbourneCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1978
- Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Johnny Segona, D/B/A Highway 190 Truck Stop and as Truckem Up ParadiseCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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