Legal Opinion
Shaw v. Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 9, 1999No. 98-1629, 98-1887UnknownCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
MANSMANN, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal involving a certified question, we must determine, as a matter of first impression, whether an agreement among members of the National Football League 1 to sell broadcast rights jointly to satellite distributors is exempt from scrutiny under the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq. Citing the Sports Broadcasting Act (the “SBA”), 15 U.S.C. § 1291, the NFL sought dismissal of a class action antitrust suit brought by Charles Shaw, Bret D. Schwartz, and Steven Promislo (“Shaw”)- The NFL asserted that the rights being sold were “residual”…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Charles Shaw v. Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
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