Seattle Totems Hockey Club, Inc., Eldred W. Barnes, and Vincent H.D. Abbey v. The National Hockey League, the Vancouver Hockey Club, Ltd., Northwest Sports Enterprises, Ltd., Northwest Sports Enterprises, Ltd., Counterclaimant-Appellee v. Vincent H.D. Abbey, and Eldred W. Barnes, Counterdefendants-Appellants

783 F.2d 1347 1986-1 Trade Cases 66,968 SEATTLE TOTEMS HOCKEY CLUB, INC., Eldred W. Barnes, and Vincent H.D. Abbey, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE, the Vancouver Hockey Club, Ltd., Northwest Sports Enterprises, Ltd., et al., Defendants-Appellees. NORTHWEST SPORTS ENTERPRISES, LTD., Counterclaimant-Appellee, v. Vincent H.D. ABBEY, and Eldred W. Barnes, Counterdefendants-Appellants. Nos. 84-3581, 84-3605. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 8, 1986. Decided Feb. 28, 1986. Thomas J. Greenan, Ferguson & Burdell, Richard F. Krutch, Krutch, Lindell, Donnelly & Judkins, Seattle, Wash., for Seattle Totems Hockey Club, et. al. Fredric C. Tausend, Schweppe, Doolittle, Krug, Tausend & Beezer, Seattle, Wash., Herbert Dym, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for Nat. Hockey League, et al. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before WRIGHT, CANBY and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. CANBY, Circuit Judge: 1 This case arises out of the financial demise of plaintiff Seattle Totems, a hockey team of which plaintiffs Vincent H.D. Abbey and Eldred W. Barnes were principal officers,…