United States Second Circuit

Plaintiff's anti-trust challenge to defendant's rules and procedures is denied based on the non-statutory labor exemption.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/24/2004
• Published 05/24/2004

Judges

• SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge., Before:  SACK, SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges, and KAPLAN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• G. Michael Pharis, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips L.L.P. (Fredrick R. Tully and Robert W. Barton, on the brief), Baton Rouge, LA, for Amicus Curiae American Football Coaches Association., Jeffrey A. Mishkin, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (Peter S. Julian and Darren C. Broughton;  Richard W. Buchanan, National Basketball Association;  William L. Daly and Julie Spar, National Hockey League, on the brief), New York, NY, for Amici Curiae National Basketball Association, the Women's National Basketball Association, and the National Hockey League., Gregory L. Curtner, Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, PLC (David R. Grand, on the brief), New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae National Collegiate Athletic Association., James W. Quinn, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (Bruce S. Meyer;  Richard A. Berthelsen, National Football League Players Association;  Jeffrey L. Kessler, Joseph Angland, and David G. Feher, Dewey Ballantine LLP, on the brief), New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae National Football League Players Association., Perry H. Apelbaum, United States House of Representatives, Rep. John L. Conyers, Ranking Member, Committee on the Judiciary (Kanya A. Bennett, Stacey Dansky, and Michelle A. Persaud, on the brief), Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae John Conyers, Jr., Member of Congress.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gregg H. Levy,Covington & Burling (Joshua D. Wolson, James M. Garland, and Benjamin C. Block, on the brief), Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant., Alan C. Milstein, Sherman, Silverstein, Kohl, Rose & Podolsky (Jeffrey P. Resnick;  John B. Langel, Burt M. Rublin, and Amy L. Weiss, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP;  Robert A. Skirnick and Daniel B. Allanoff, Meredith Cohen Greenfogel & Skirnick;  Robert A. McCormick, Michigan State University, on the brief), Pennsauken, NJ, for Plaintiff-Appellee.