United States Ninth Circuit

Collective bargaining agreement with professional basketball player's union allowed for multiple punishments by both a team and NBA because, had it meant one punishment to preclude the other, the agreement would have set forth which entity's punishment had primacy.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/04/2000
• Decided 11/07/2000
• Published 11/08/2000

Judges

• Before:  D.W. NELSON, THOMPSON, and TROTT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul F. Utrecht,Law Offices of Paul F. Utrecht, San Francisco, California, for plaintiff-appellant Sprewell., Richard R. Dale, Law Offices of Richard R. Dale, Mill Valley, California for plaintiffs-appellants Thompson, et al.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey A. Mishkin (Argued), Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, New York, for the defendant-appellees., Frank Rothman (On the Briefs) and Marie L. Hurabiell (On the Briefs), Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Los Angeles, California, for defendant National Basketball Association., Martin P. Moroski (On the Briefs), Sinsheimer, Schiebelhut & Baggett, San Luis Obispo, California, for the defendants-appellees.