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HECHT v. PRO-FOOTBALL, INC.

No. 75-1819.

570 F.2d 982 (1977)

Norman F. HECHT, Harry Kagan and Marc A. Miller, joint venturers, Appellants, Washington Federals, Inc., a corporation, et al. v. PRO-FOOTBALL, INC., a corporation, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 20, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Joseph H. Smith, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Bernard I. Nordlinger, Washington, D. C., with whom Robert B. Frank, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee, Pro-Football, Inc., also argued for appellee, D.C. Armory Board.

Louis P. Robbins, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel for District of Columbia, Richard W. Barton, and Leo N. Gorman, Asst. Corp. Counsels, Washington, D. C., at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief for appellee, D.C. Armory Board. C. Francis Murphy, Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., at the time the record was filed, also entered an appearance for appellee, D.C. Armory Board.

Before McGOWAN, Circuit Judge, HARRISON L. WINTER, Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit and WILKEY, Circuit Judge.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILKEY.

WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

This is a private antitrust action. Plaintiffs Hecht, Kagan, and Miller (hereafter collectively "Hecht") are a group of promoters who in 1965 sought unsuccessfully to obtain an American Football League (AFL) franchise for Washington, D.C. Defendants are Pro-Football, Inc., operator of the Washington Redskins (the Redskins), and the District of Columbia Armory Board, an unincorporated...

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