Court won't hear complaint about Redskins name
By Greg Stohr - Nov. 16, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from a group of Native Americans who think the name of the NFL's Washington Redskins football team is......
.....The team, founded in 1932 as the Boston Braves, was renamed in 1933 the Boston Redskins in honor of its American Indian head coach, William "Lone Star" Dietz. The team moved to the District of Columbia in 1937 and was renamed the Washington Redskins......
The case is Harjo v. Pro-Football Inc., 09-326.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/..news?pid=20601087&sid=aOX4s_..UTAAoU&pos=9
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