Flood v. Kuhn

COOPER, District Judge.

This is an action brought by plaintiff Curtis C. Flood, a major league professional baseball player, to enjoin 1 the defendants — several major league baseball clubs, the American and National' Leagues .of Professional Baseball Clubs, the Commissioner of Baseball, and certain named individuals — from enforcing organized baseball’s reserve system against him. 2 Plaintiff now moves for a preliminary injunction enjoining- during the pendency of this action each baseball club defendant from refusing to cf. fer employment to him as a baseball .player,- pursuant to an…