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GARDELLA v. CHANDLER

79 F.Supp. 260 (1948)

GARDELLA v. CHANDLER et al.

District Court, S. D. New York.

July 13, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederic A. Johnson, of New York City, for plaintiff.

Baker, Hostetler & Patterson, of Cleveland, Ohio, for defendant William Harridge, individually and as President of The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs.

Hedges, Hoover & Tingley, of Columbus, Ohio for defendant George M. Trautman, individually and as President of The National Ass'n of Professional Baseball Leagues.

Edgar P. Feeley, of New York City, for defendant National Exhibition Co.

Willkie, Owen, Farr, Gallagher & Walton, of New York City, for other defendants.

GODDARD, District Judge.

This is a motion to dismiss the action for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted and for want of jurisdiction over the subject matter of the action, for lack of diversity of citizenship of the parties.

The plaintiff was employed as a baseball player in the 1944 and 1945 season by National Exhibition Company, the owner of the New York Giants. The defendants are Albert B. Chandler, individually and as Commissioner...

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