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i < gl <1pjg?ggg^^Bt .gsppass^s^ m if***" ' aar Egg*" ''Vv ^|A m^r t^r ^?k as> ^B&r ^m - n tv w n b B w in flf w sr B B -iWijLljrjSBKl^8*8^ *Wl S SB H SkonSIMMHHfil B B jg? BO | | ^ ^Igggggi^ BH Volume LXIX, No. 10B University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. Feb. 5, 1379 Game< ? Club By Mark Platte Gamecock Staff Writer -e ? _* . f a A ? /\negauons 01 Dreacn 01 coniraci maa< against the USC Gamecock Club in a federa suit filed Oct. 26, 1978, by a North Carolina travel agency have been denied by USC attorneys. International Travel Group, Inc., o Raleigh claims that Edward H. Pitts executive secretary ui the Gamecock Club entered into an oral agreement with th< travel agency giving it exclusive rights U organize and set up a charter trip to Hawai for Gamecock Club members and others. THE LAWSUIT stems from the US( football team's trip to play at Hawaii in lat< November 1977. International Trave r<t.nlin n vxiuup, a wuuicatlici U1 CXCUI'SIUIIS claims it wanted every travel agency ii South Carolina to be able to sell th< ^attorn* -. 3?f MmJI ;ock Brea> inh 7 U5Cc 4 'Gamecock Tour" and were selling it at the ' The "lowest rate possible," according to sources hardl; ; within the agency. reallj 1 According to the complaint filed, the Thi^ I finmfvtvlf ril.h AntorivH into anntVinr , ?? v"""w ",v" v-v/i. h iore tract with Mid-American Arkansas Travel , Agency in late spring of 1977, which ap- 1 f parenUy led to an estimated loss of $85,000, 1111 included seating reservations with United ^amc ' Airlines, advertising, promotion and 1 reservation of ground accommodations in vasls " Hawaii for the people from South Carolina, for the agency, according to the complaint pTt and Hugh W. Cannon, agency attorney. Pitts refused comment but referred to his Colun ' lawyers, Philip M. Grier and Timothy G. duplit 2 Quinn, who are handling the case for the Arkai 1 Gamecock Club, along with representatives the I ? of the South Carolina Attorney General's vertis 1 office* and representatives of the South Hawa 2 Carolina General Services Administration. Grou] J dgBSFflr-" _2 . -, ^^y?'y^ > K?|ggBHSnMHn^H^^B^H|^^MI^HH zh ofcont f(awaiian c officials dt ?/?/ trial is in the early stages and the suit y has even been filed," Quinn said. "I r have no comment on anything that's igation; that's an ethical violation." uit was filed in U.S. District Court in nee. allegations that the Gamecock Club is incorporated entity is admitted by the icock Club, according to Quinn, but the icock Club denies that the club handles urns of money and resources. E GAMECOCK CLUB also denies that met with Arthur White, President of lational Travel Group, Inc., in ibia and that they entered into a late agreement with Mid-American isas Airlines; that they agreed to help nternational Travel Group with ad;ing and promotion of the trip to :ii; that the International Travel 3, Inc. expended large sums of money ract alleged zharter trip; my charges in reserving airline seats with United Airlinps in aHvprticino nrnmnfinn ap ttrrwunH u? bl UU1IU accommodations in Hawaii for the projected thousands of travelers from South Carolina. The Gamecock Club also denies that there was a breach of contract which led to financial losses and damages to the travel agency's reputation. Gamecock Club officials said they f ,*el the damage to the reputation of the International Travel Agency, Inc. is not a proper element in the case. THE GAMECOCK CLUB also charges that the complaint of the International Travel Agency, Inc. is barred by the doctrine of Snvprpian Tmmnnit \7 u/hinK at/c ? 0-- .....iiMiiivj , ""*vu that a state cannot be sued without its consent. The Eleventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution also provides for the protection of a state being sued by a citizen, a defense being used by the Gamecock Club.