Joseph Alioto
| Joseph L. Alioto | |
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| 36th Mayor of San Francisco | |
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In office January 8, 1968 – January 8, 1976 |
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| Preceded by | John F. Shelley |
| Succeeded by | George Moscone |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 12, 1916 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Died | January 29, 1998 (aged 81) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Angelina Genaro Alioto (1941–1977) Kathleen Sullivan Alioto (1978–1998) |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Joseph Lawrence Alioto (February 12, 1916 – January 29, 1998) was the 36th mayor of San Francisco, California, from 1968 to 1976.
Alioto was born in San Francisco in 1916. His father was a Sicilian immigrant who owned and operated several fish processing companies. His mother, Domenica Mae Lazio, was born in San Francisco in 1893. His parents met on a fishing boat while escaping the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
He attended Sacred Heart High School (presently Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory). He graduated with honors from St. Mary's College, Moraga, California in 1937 and from law school at The Catholic University of America with honors in 1940.
Alioto worked for the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department and then for the Board of Economic Warfare. He returned to San Francisco after World War II and started an antitrust practice, representing Walt Disney and Samuel Goldwyn, among others, eventually becoming a millionaire. He was on the briefs in Radovich v. National Football League and argued "Continental Ore v. Union Carbide", an antitrust landmark, and "Utah Pie v. Continental Baking" all three Supreme Court of the United States, cases. In Radovich, the Supreme Court held that professional football, unlike baseball, was subject to antitrust laws. Continental Ore is one of the most comprehensive and important antitrust cases ever decided by the Supreme Court.
In 1980, he represented Al Davis and the Oakland Raiders in a landmark antitrust case entitled Los Angeles Colisuem Commission v. The NFL. The case established the right of football franchises to move to football markets throughout the United States without the approval of other franchise owners. In 1993, he represented his father-in-law Billy Sullivan in his lawsuit against the NFL. The court ruled that Sullivan was forced by the league to sell his team at below market value and awarded him $114 million.
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