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Box 01

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

Gardella case - Requesting an Injunction; Order to Show Cause; Gardella's Affidavit, 1949 March 12

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 04
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains correspondence and legal documents of five separate lawsuits relating to the reserve clause. There were four against Happy Chandler, Commissioner of Baseball, American and National League presidents and the president of the National Association of Baseball Leagues. One lawsuit was against the New York Yankees. The four lawsuits against Chandler were filed by Danny Cordella, Fred Martin & Max Lanier, Jack Corbett & El Paso Baseball Club and Walter Kowalski....
Dates: 1949 March 12

Martin & Lanier case - Notice of Motion and Affidavit, 1949 July 29

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 04
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains correspondence and legal documents of five separate lawsuits relating to the reserve clause. There were four against Happy Chandler, Commissioner of Baseball, American and National League presidents and the president of the National Association of Baseball Leagues. One lawsuit was against the New York Yankees. The four lawsuits against Chandler were filed by Danny Cordella, Fred Martin & Max Lanier, Jack Corbett & El Paso Baseball Club and Walter Kowalski....
Dates: 1949 July 29

George Earl Toolson case - Petitioners Opening Brief on Writ of Certiorari to Court of Appeals; Petitioners Reply Brief, 1953 September-October

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 04
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains correspondence and legal documents of five separate lawsuits relating to the reserve clause. There were four against Happy Chandler, Commissioner of Baseball, American and National League presidents and the president of the National Association of Baseball Leagues. One lawsuit was against the New York Yankees. The four lawsuits against Chandler were filed by Danny Cordella, Fred Martin & Max Lanier, Jack Corbett & El Paso Baseball Club and Walter Kowalski....
Dates: 1953 September-October