A jury of six, four women and...

A jury of six, four women and two men, was chosen Tuesday to hear the United States Football League’s $1.32-billion antitrust suit against the National Football League.

The suit, filed in October of 1984, charges the NFL with violating the Sherman Antitrust Act by monopolizing the pro football market. It seeks $440 million in damages, a sum that, if trebled as antitrust awards allow, would amount to $1.32 billion.

It also charges that the NFL pressured the three networks not to give the USFL a contract when the younger league decided in the summer of 1984 to switch from a spring season to a fall season. For the three seasons it played in the spring, the USFL had contracts with ABC and ESPN cable, but only the ESPN contract was transferable to the fall.

“From what I heard, I believe (the jurors, three of whom were born outside the country) have the capability of making an impartial judgment,” said Commissioner Harry Usher of the USFL, a league with a future that is likely to be dependent on the outcome of this case.