HAELAN LABORATORIES v. TOPPS CHEWING GUM CO.

Civ. No. 11852.

112 F.Supp. 904 (1953)

HAELAN LABORATORIES, Inc. v. TOPPS CHEWING GUM CO.

United States District Court E. D. New York.

May 25, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonas J. Shapiro, New York City, for plaintiff.

Pennie, Edmonds, Morton, Barrow & Taylor, New York City, George E. Middleton, New York City, of counsel, for defendant.


GALSTON, District Judge.

In determining the respective rights of the parties to exclusive use of the names, pictures and biographical sketches of the baseball players, the Court must consider the terms and the validity of as many as six separate contracts for many of the players. There are involved here the contract rights in respect to over five hundred players, requiring examination of contracts numbering in the thousands. The conduct of each party in soliciting...

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