Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission v. National Football League, an Unincorporated Association Baltimore Football Club, Inc. Buffalo Bills, Inc. Chargers Football Company Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc. Cincinatti Bengals, Inc. Cleveland Browns, Inc. Etc., Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission v. National Football League, Etc., and Los Angeles Rams Football Company
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634 F.2d 1197 1980-81 Trade Cases 63,674 LOS ANGELES MEMORIAL COLISEUM COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, an Unincorporated Association; Baltimore Football Club, Inc.; Buffalo Bills, Inc.; Chargers Football Company; Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc.; Cincinatti Bengals, Inc.; Cleveland Browns, Inc.; etc., et al., Defendants-Appellants. LOS ANGELES MEMORIAL COLISEUM COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, etc., et al., Defendants, and Los Angeles Rams Football Company, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 80-5156, 80-5159. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 7, 1980. Decided Dec. 12, 1980. Rodney E. Nelson, Nelson, Ritchie & Gill, Los Angeles, Cal., for L. A. rams. Joseph L. Alioto, Alioto & Alioto, San Francisco, Cal., Maxwell M. Blecher, Los Angeles, Cal., for Raiders. Patrick Lynch, Los Angeles, Cal., for NFL. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before WALLACE and POOLE, Circuit Judges, and MacBRIDE, * Senior District Judge. POOLE, Circuit Judge: 1 The National Football League (NFL) and certain of its members appeal from a preliminary injunction which…