Legal Opinion
Robertson v. National Basketball Association
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 14, 1975No. 70 Civ. 1526PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERT L. CARTER, District Judge. I.
History of the Litigation
A. Nature of the Action
This action was instituted in 1970 pursuant to Sections 4 and 16 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 15 and 26 1 , to recover treble damages, costs and injunctive relief for violation of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1 and 2. 2 Defendants are the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the American Basketball Association (ABA). All the named plaintiffs, William Bradley, Joseph Caldwell, Archibald Clark, Melvin Counts, John Havlicek, Donald Kojis, Jon McGlocklin, McCoy McLemore, Thomas…
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