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NEELD v. AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE

No. Civ. 77-544.

439 F.Supp. 459 (1977)

Gregory P. NEELD, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE, a Nonprofit Unincorporated Association, Hershey Bears, New Haven Night Hawks, Nova Scotia Voyageurs, Binghamton Broomdusters, Rochester Americans, Springfield Indians, Philadelphia Firebirds, Hampton Gulls, Maine Mariners, Defendants.

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

October 25, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel S. Mason, Furth, Fahrner & Wong, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff.

John A. Titus, Woods, Oviatt, Gilman, Sturman & Clarke, Rochester, N.Y., for defendant American Hockey League.

MEMORANDUM and ORDER

ELFVIN, District Judge.

This action involves the right of plaintiff Gregory P. Neeld, an individual who has sight in only one eye, to have an opportunity to play professional hockey in the American Hockey League ("the AHL"). Article 13(e) of the AHL's by-laws provides:

"A player with only one eye, or one of whose eyes has a vision of only three-sixtieths (3-60ths) or under, shall not be eligible to play for a Member Club."<...

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