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DONATELLI v. NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Civ. A. No. 88-0594 L.

708 F.Supp. 31 (1989)

John Clark DONATELLI v. NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE, and Pocklington Amalgamated Sports Corp. d/b/a Edmonton Oilers.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

March 13, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Harwood, McKinnon & Harwood, Pawtucket, R.I., Martin W. Aisenberg, Providence, R.I., for plaintiff.

Christopher Little and John Voorhees, Tillinghast Collins & Graham, Providence, R.I., Herbert Dym, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

LAGUEUX, District Judge.

The present dispute arose out of contract negotiations between a Rhode Island hockey player, John Clark Donatelli, ("Donatelli"), and a Canadian professional hockey team, the Edmonton Oilers Hockey Corp. ("Edmonton"). After initial, unsatisfactory negotiation attempts with Edmonton, Donatelli sought to be declared a free agent by the National Hockey League ("NHL"). The NHL ruled that Donatelli was still the property...

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