Legal Opinion
Jones v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided September 12, 1996No. 96-CC-2205PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
679 So.2d 381 (1996)
John Michael JONES
v.
NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, et. al.
No. 96-CC-2205.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
September 12, 1996.
Rehearing Denied September 19, 1996.
PER CURIAM.[*]
The NCAA determined the plaintiff was ineligible to play college football because of the NCAA's five year rule. Plaintiff filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana that was dismissed based upon lack of subject matter jurisdiction. After the federal court's dismissal, plaintiff filed a Petition for Injunctive Relief and Damages in the Fifteenth…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- State Board of Ed. v. National Collegiate Ath. Ass'nLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1973
- English v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass'nLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1983
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