Legal Opinion
Flood v. Kuhn
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 12, 1970No. 70 Civ. 202PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COOPER, District Judge.
On October 8, 1969, Curtis C. Flood, then a major league professional baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals, was “traded,” his contract transferred and assigned to another National League baseball club, the Philadelphia Phillies, as part of a multi-player transaction between the two clubs. At the time of the trade he was thirty-two years old, a veteran of twelve years service with the Cardinals, co-captain of the team, and acknowledged to be a player of exceptional and proven baseball ability. Unhappy and disappointed, Flood was unwilling to play for Philadelphia,…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Flood v. KuhnSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- James McCoy (Yazoo) Smith v. Pro Football, Inc., a Maryland Corporation, A/K/A Washington Redskins and the National Football League, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- Kevin Watson and Raymond Wayne Thrash v. Odom Graves, Darryl Jarreau, Marilyn Jarreau, and Abe RossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
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- Robertson v. National Basketball AssociationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1975
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