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CHICAGO PRO. SPORTS v. NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASS'N

No. 90 C 6247.

754 F.Supp. 1336 (1991)

CHICAGO PROFESSIONAL SPORTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP and WGN Continental Broadcasting Company, Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

January 24, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel G. Chefitz, Stephen D. Libowsky, James E. Hanlon, Jr., Andrew M. Hale, Katten, Muchin & Zavis, Chicago, Ill., for Chicago Professional Sports Ltd. Partnership.

John R. McCambridge, Irving C. Faber, Darrell J. Graham, Eric D. Brandfonbrener, Grippo & Elden, Chicago, Ill., for WGN Continental Broadcasting Co.

Tyrone C. Fahner, Matthew A. Rooney, Kenneth E. Wile, Herbert L. Zarov, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., Jeffrey A. Mishkin, Marc J. Goldstein, Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, New York City, Christopher Wolf, Warren L. Dennis, Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, Washington, D.C., for Nat. Basketball Ass'n.

FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND OPINION

WILL, District Judge.

The National Basketball Association ("NBA"), acting through its Board of Governors, limits the number of games NBA teams may broadcast over "superstations." Superstations are independent, over-the-air television stations that broadcast in their local market areas and are also carried by cable systems to other parts of the country. WTBS in Atlanta, WGN TV in Chicago and WWOR in New York...

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