Legal Opinion
American Needle, Inc. v. National Football League
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 24, 2010No. 08-661PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
“Every contract, combination in the form of a trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade” is made illegal by § 1 of the Sherman Act, ch. 647,26 Stat, 209, as amended, 15 U. S. C. § 1. The question whether an arrangement is a contract, combination, or conspiracy is different from and antecedent to the question whether it unreasonably restrains trade. This case raises that antecedent question about the business of the 32 teams in the National Football League (NFL) and a corporate entity that they formed to manage their intellectual property. We conclude that the NFL's licensing…
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