Legal Opinion
Ernie Frantz v. United States Powerlifting Federation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 31, 1987No. 87-1149, 87-1223PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
The complaint charged the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF), its American affiliate the United States Powerlifting Federation (USPF), and Conrad Cotter, the president of the USPF, with conspiring to monopolize the sport of weight lifting. The plaintiffs include two weight lifters who were disqualified from participating in events sponsored by the IPF because they participated in events sponsored by the American Powerlifting Federation (APF), a rival to the USPF. The APF is itself a plaintiff. Under the IPF’s rules, participants in meets that are not…
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