Legal Opinion
Rhiannon Tanaka v. University of Southern California Michael Garrett Daryl Gross Pacific-10 Conference National Collegiate Athletic Association
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 7, 2001No. 00-55046PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether a former collegiate soccer player may pursue her federal antitrust challenge to an intercollegiate athletic association rule that discourages student-athletes from transferring to member institutions during the course of their collegiate athletic careers.
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A star high school soccer player, Rhiannon Tanaka (“Tanaka”) was heavily recruited by the athletic programs of a number of universities, including the University of Southern California (“USC”), which belongs to the Pacific-10 Conference (“Pac-10”). The Pac-10 is an association of ten…
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