Legal Opinion
Brown v. Pro Football, Inc.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 12, 1993No. Civ. A. 90-1071(RCL)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
LAMBERTH, District Judge.
This case is a class action anti-trust suit brought by 235 National Football League (“NFL”) football players against the NFL and its twenty-eight member teams. The gravamen of the suit is the undisputed fact that in 1989, defendants paid each plaintiff a flat rate of $1000 per week for his “developmental squad” 1 services.
In an earlier opinion, the court determined that defendants’ paying of a fixed salary constituted a violation of the Clayton Act and ordered summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs as to liability. In September of 1992, the court…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Sedgwick v. Giant Food, Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 1986
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Brown v. Pro Football, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1995
- Brown v. Pro Football, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1995
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