Legal Opinion
Madison Square Garden Boxing, Inc. v. Ali
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided April 29, 1977No. 77 C 873PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER 1
CROWLEY, District Judge.
Madison Square Garden Boxing, Inc. (MSGB) brought this action against Mu hammad Ali (Ali), the heavyweight boxing champion of the world, for breach of contract to fight Duane Bobick (Bobick) in Madison Square Garden. MSGB seeks damages 2 and injunctive relief. The document sued upon was executed on November 25, 1976 3 and called for Ali to fight Bobick on a date during the period from February 1. 1977 through February 28, 1977. 4 Ali defended on essentially four separate grounds: (1) the document sued upon did not constitute a binding…
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