Legal Opinion
Brown v. Pro Football, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 12, 1995No. Nos. 93-7165 et al., 94-7071PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge EDWARDS.
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge WALD.
HARRY T. EDWARDS, Chief Judge:
This case poses a conflict between the policies underlying federal labor law and antitrust law in the context of a labor dispute involving professional football. In the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1 (Supp. II 1990), enacted in 1890, Congress proscribed certain practices and agreements inimical to free trade as a means “to promote the national interest in a competitive economy.” Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc., 473 U.S. 614, 635, 105 S.Ct. 3346,…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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- United Mine Workers v. PenningtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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