Legal Opinion
Kevin Rooney v. Michael Gerard Tyson
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 24, 1997No. 359, Docket 97-7322PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:
Kevin Rooney appeals from a decision of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Thomas J. McAvoy, Chief Judge), vacating a prior jury award of $4,415,651 in damages for breach of his oral employment contract with defendant Michael Gerard Tyson, and granting Tyson judgment as a matter of law.
I. Background
A
Rooney claims that, pursuant to an oral contract in 1982 between himself and Cus D’Amato, Tyson’s legal guardian and manager, he was to train Tyson until Tyson turned professional, whereupon he would be Tyson’s trainer “for as long as…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Don King Productions, Inc. v. DouglasDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1990
- Warner-Lambert Pharmaceutical Co. v. John J. Reynolds, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1959
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Reddington v. Staten Island University HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2007
- Rooney v. TysonNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
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- Schultz v. North American Insurance GroupDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1999
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