Kowalski v. Chandler

Appellant, a professional baseball player, brought suit in the district court to recover treble damages by reason of the alleged violation by appellees of Sections 1, 2, and 3. of the Sherman Act, 26 Stat. 209, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 1, 2, and 3, and under Section 4 of the Clayton Act, 38 Stat. 731, 15 U.S. C.A. § 15. Appellant’s action is based upon the claim that appellees, by a monopoly over trade and commerce, exercised through professional “organized baseball,” have, by means of players’ contracts and agreements among the several clubs in the various leagues, deprived appellant of the reasonable…