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This page on CourtTV's website has all kinds of interesting documents related to the Barry Bonds home run ball case. There is another current dispute over Bonds's 700th homer run, but this case deals with HR 73 that Bonds hit in 2001. The site features the complaint, the verdict and a host of other documents relating to the case.



A former boxer's lawsuit against Sylvester Stallone will go on. The man contends that his name was inappropriately used to promote the "Rocky" movies.

Wepner, a New Jersey club fighter, was plucked from obscurity by promoter Don King. He drew notice in 1975 in a punishing 15-round loss to Muhammad Ali. "Rocky," which won the Oscar for best picture, was the story of a down-and-out club fighter from Philadelphia who got a shot at the heavyweight title. Stallone played Rocky Balboa in the 1976 film.



"Wepner contends, and Stallone does not contest, that the main character, Rocky Balboa, was based on Wepner and the plot of the first movie was inspired on the 1975 fight," the judge wrote.

The judge did throw out two other claims in the matter. The judge did not set a trial date, but advised parties to proceed with discovery. It seems likely that there will be a settlement in the case.

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