Legal Opinion
Buckton v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided November 27, 1973No. Civ. A. 73-3475-TPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TAURO, District Judge.
This action was originally brought by two Boston University (B.U.) ice hockey players, both Canadian nationals residing in Boston, against the Eastern College Athletic Conference (E.C.A.C.) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (N.C.A.A.) seeking to enjoin them from declaring the plaintiffs ineligible for intercollegiate sports or imposing any sanctions against B.U. for allowing the plaintiffs to play ice hockey.
In response to its requests to the E.C. A.C. and N.C.A.A. for advisory opinions as to plaintiffs’ athletic eligibility, B.U. was advised that…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Burton v. Wilmington Parking AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Graham v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Truax v. RaichSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Marsh v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Cooper v. AaronSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Robert Hall v. Medical College of Ohio at ToledoCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- Robert L. Parish v. National Collegiate Athletic AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Howard University Et At. v. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Howard University v. National Collegiate Athletic AssociationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- Margarita Berrios v. Inter American University, Victor Villalba v. Inter American UniversityCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
- Jones v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass'nDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1975
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