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MOLINAS v. NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

190 F.Supp. 241 (1961)

Jacob L. MOLINAS, Plaintiff, v. NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION, Maurice Podoloff, Boston Celtics Basketball Club, Inc., Zollner Machine Works, Inc., Minneapolis Basketball, Inc., Madison Square Garden Corp., Inc., Philadelphia Arena, Inc., Syracuse Professional Basketball Club, Inc., Milwaukee Hawks, Inc., Cincinnati Royals Basketball Club, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

January 11, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel H. Weinberg, New York City, for plaintiff; Abraham L. Shapiro, New York City, of counsel.

Colton, Gallantz & Fernbach, New York City, for defendants, The Nat. Basketball Assn. and Maurice Podoloff. George G. Gallantz and Stuart D. Wechsler, New York City, of counsel.

IRVING R. KAUFMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Jack Molinas, is a well-known basketball player. In 1953, upon his graduation from Columbia University he was "drafted" by the Fort Wayne Pistons, then a member of the defendant National Basketball Association (now the Detroit Pistons). Subsequently, in the fall of 1953, he signed a contract to play with the Pistons. In January of 1954, however, he admitted, in writing, that he placed several bets on his team, the Pistons...

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