KAPP

v.

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (35 total)

• LOS Angeles Mem'l Coliseum Comm'n v. Nat'l Football League, 726 F.2d 1381 (9th Cir. 1984)
  …exerted by the N.B. A.); accord, Linseman v. World Hockey Association, 439 F.Supp. 1315, 1322 (D.Conn. 1977); Kapp v. National Football League, [*1407] 390 F.Supp. 73, 81-82 (N.D.Cal.1974), appeal vacated, 586 F. 2d 644 (9th Cir.1978), cert. denied, 441 U.S. 907, 99 S.Ct. 1996, 60 L.Ed.2d 375 (1979) (“(a) conceivable effect of th(e “ransom” or “Rozelle” rule) would be to perpetually restrain a player from pursuing his occupation among the clubs of a league that holds a virtual monopoly of professional footb…

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• Clipper Exxpress v. Rocky Mountain Motor Tariff Bureau, Inc., 690 F.2d 1240 (9th Cir. 1982)
  …the defendants undertook to protest. It is clear that the only antitrust damages that are recoverable are those which are caused by the defendants’ illegal conduct. See Kapp v. Nat'l Football League, 586 F. 2d 644, 648 (9th Cir. 1978), cert. denied, 441 U.S. 907, 99 S.Ct. 1996, 60 L.Ed.2d 375 (1979). This causation problem, however, is properly determined by the trier of fact. Whether defendants’ acts damaged Clipper, and the extent of that damage, is not before us at this time. The defendants also contend…
• In re Grand Jury Proceedings Involving Berkley & Co., Inc., 629 F.2d 548 (8th Cir. 1980)
  …litigation * * * and leaves nothing for the court to do but execute the judgment.” Catlin v. United States, 324 U.S. 229, 233, 65 S.Ct. 631, 633, 89 L.Ed. 911 (1945); Iowa Beef Processors, Inc. v. Bagley, 601 F. 2d 949, 952 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 441 U.S. 907, 99 S.Ct. 1997, 60 L.Ed.2d 376 (1979). Clearly the order appealed from does not meet this test. There is, however, a judicially-created exception to the finality doctrine which we hold applies to permit immediate appeal in this case.6 The district…