Legal Opinion
Walton-Floyd v. United States Olympic Committee
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided February 26, 1998No. 01-95-001442-CVPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANDELL, Justice.
The appellant appeals a summary judgment granted in favor of the appellee, the United States Olympic Committee (the USOC). We affirm.
Background
The USOC coordinates the United States’s participation in international amateur athletic competitions. It resolves disputes among athletes and sports organizations or between competing sports organizations, and provides uniformity in the area of amateur athletics, thereby protecting the rights of amateur athletes to compete. The USOC has the power to sue and be sued. 86 U.S.C.A § 375(a)(1), (5), (6) (West 1988).
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