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HELDMAN v. UNITED STATES LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION

No. 73 Civ. 162(MP).

354 F.Supp. 1241 (1973)

Gladys M. HELDMAN, Plaintiff, and Billie Jean King, Intervenor-Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION, a non-profit membership organization, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

February 7, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cahill, Gordon, Sonnett, Reindel & Ohl, New York City, for plaintiff, by Jerome Doyle, New York City, of counsel; and Wolfe, Hubbard, Leydig, Voit & Osann, Chicago, Ill., by C. Frederick Leydig and J. Robert Cassidy, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Burke & Burke, New York City, for intervenor-plaintiff by George Harris and Robert H. Golde, New York City, of counsel.

Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, for defendants, by Roy L. Reardon, Charles Koob, and George W. Gowen, New York City, of counsel.

OPINION

POLLACK, District Judge.

The plaintiff, a recent promoter of women's professional tennis and the plaintiff-intervenor, ranked the world's number one woman professional tennis player, have sued to enjoin the United States Lawn Tennis Association ("USLTA" hereafter) and its officials from alleged interference with their respective business opportunities including plaintiff's promotion of professional tournaments and plaintiff-intervenor's freedom to...

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