Legal Opinion
United States v. National Football League
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided November 12, 1953No. 12808PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRIM, District Judge.
Article X of the by-laws of the National Football League provides that no club shall cause or permit a game in which it is engaged to be telecast or broadcast by a station within 75 miles of another League City on the day that the home club of the other city is either playing a game in its home city or is playing away from home and broadcasting or televising its game by use of a station within 75 miles of its home city, unless permission for such broadcast or telecast is obtained from the home club. 1 The evidence is uncontradicted that it is the general policy of the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, Appts. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- United States v. Aluminum Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
- Board of Trade of Chicago v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Apex Hosiery Co. v. LeaderSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
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3Cited by45 opinions
- National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n v. Board of Regents of the University of OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- John MacKey v. National Football LeagueCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Consolidated Laundries Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Mid-South Grizzlies v. National Football LeagueCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
- Independent Productions Corp. v. Loew's, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1958
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