U.S. District Court / S.D. New York

Robertson v. National Basketball Association

Decided February 14, 1975. Robert Lee Carter wrote the opinion for the court.

389 F. Supp. 867 · Cited 109 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Flood v. Kuhn · 316 F. Supp. 271
Provident Tradesmens Bank & Trust Co. v. Patterson · 390 U.S. 102
Cordova v. Bache & Co. · 321 F. Supp. 600
Denver Rockets v. All-Pro Management, Inc. · 325 F. Supp. 1049
Boston Professional Hockey Ass'n, Inc. v. Cheevers · 348 F. Supp. 261
Board of Trade of Chicago v. United States · 246 U.S. 231
Allied Chemical & Alkali Workers of America, Local Union No. 1 v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. · 404 U.S. 157
Duplex Printing Press Co. v. Deering · 254 U.S. 443
J. I. Case Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 321 U.S. 332
National Labor Relations Board v. Truck Drivers Local Union No. 449 · 353 U.S. 87
Local 24, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Oliver · 358 U.S. 283
Anderson v. Shipowners Assn. of Pacific Coast · 272 U.S. 359
Leisner v. New York Telephone Company · 358 F. Supp. 359
Associated Press v. United States · 326 U.S. 1
Siegel v. Chicken Delight, Inc. · 271 F. Supp. 722
Van Gemert v. Boeing Company · 259 F. Supp. 125
Mungin v. Florida East Coast Railway Company · 318 F. Supp. 720
State v. Milwaukee Braves, Inc. · 31 Wis. 2d 699
Eisman v. Pan American World Airlines · 336 F. Supp. 543
Morris v. Steele · 253 F. Supp. 769
Nassau Sports v. Hampson · 355 F. Supp. 733
State of Illinois v. Harper & Row Publishers, Inc. · 301 F. Supp. 484
Clune v. PUBLISHERS'ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK CITY · 214 F. Supp. 520
Kenney v. Landis Financial Group, Inc. · 349 F. Supp. 939
Research Corp. v. Pfister Associated Growers, Inc. · 301 F. Supp. 497

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Partee v. San Diego Chargers Football Co. · 668 P.2d 674
Robertson v. National Basketball Ass'n · 413 F. Supp. 88
National Basketball Ass'n v. Williams · 857 F. Supp. 1069
White v. National Football League · 836 F. Supp. 1458
Powell v. National Football League · 711 F. Supp. 959
California State Council of Carpenters v. Associated General Contractors of California, Inc. · 404 F. Supp. 1067
Caldwell v. American Basketball Ass'n, Inc. · 825 F. Supp. 558
Powell v. National Football League · 678 F. Supp. 777
Powell v. Ward · 487 F. Supp. 917
County of Suffolk v. Long Island Lighting Co. · 710 F. Supp. 1407
Heath Consultants, Inc. v. Precision Instruments, Inc. · 527 N.W.2d 596
Snowder v. District of Columbia · 949 A.2d 590
Bell v. American Title Insurance · 226 Cal. App. 3d 1589
Monroe v. Bombard · 422 F. Supp. 211
Smith v. B & O Railroad · 473 F. Supp. 572
Linseman v. World Hockey Ass'n · 439 F. Supp. 1315
Jackson v. National Football League · 802 F. Supp. 226
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission v. National Football League · 468 F. Supp. 154
Tire Sales Corp. v. Cities Service Oil Co. · 410 F. Supp. 1222
DeGregorio v. Segal · 443 F. Supp. 1257
Rental Car of New Hampshire, Inc. v. Westinghouse Electric Corp. · 496 F. Supp. 373
Davidson v. Yeshiva University · 555 F. Supp. 75
Gaffney v. United States · 834 F. Supp. 1

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