Legal Opinion
Maurice Clarett v. National Football League
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 24, 2004No. Docket 04-0943PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant National Football League (“NFL” or “the League”) appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Scheindlin, J.) ordering plaintiff-appellee Maurice Clarett (“Clarett”) eligible to enter this year’s NFL draft on the ground that the NFL’s eligibility rules requiring Clarett to wait at least three full football seasons after his high school graduation before entering the draft violate antitrust laws. In reaching its conclusion, the district court held, inter alia, that the eligibility rules are not…
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