Legal Opinion
Chicago Professional Sports Limited Partnership and Wgn Continental Broadcasting Company v. National Basketball Association, Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 7, 1996No. 95-1341, 95-1376, 95-3935 and 95-4021PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
In the six years since they filed this antitrust suit, the Chicago Bulls have won four National Basketball Association titles and an equal number of legal victories. Suit and titles are connected. The Bulls want to broadcast more of their games over WGN television, a “superstation” carried on cable systems nationwide. The Bulls’ popularity makes WGN attractive to these cable systems; the large audience makes WGN attractive to the Bulls. Since 1991 the Bulls and WGN have been authorized by injunction to broadcast 25 or 30 games per year. 754 F.Supp. 1336 (1991). We…
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