Brown v. Pro Football, Inc., 518 U.S. 231, 3 (1996)

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Cite as: 518 U. S. 231 (1996)

Opinion of the Court

Kenneth W. Starr argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Paul T. Cappuccio, Steven G. Bradbury, Joseph A. Yablonski, and Daniel B. Edelman.

Deputy Solicitor General Wallace argued the cause for the United States et al. as amicus curiae urging reversal. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Days, Assistant Attorney General Bingaman, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Klein, Paul R. Q. Wolfson, Robert J. Nicholson, Robert J. Wiggers, and David C. Shonka.

Gregg H. Levy argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Herbert Dym, Sonya D. Winner, and Robert A. Long, Jr.*

Justice Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question in this case arises at the intersection of the Nation's labor and antitrust laws. A group of professional

*Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the National Hockey League Players Association et al. by Simon P. Gourdine, Laurence Gold, Virginia A. Seitz, James W. Quinn, and Jeffrey L. Kessler; and for the Screen Actors Guild, Inc., et al. by David Alter.

Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers by Richard M. Cooper; for the American Trucking Associations by Mark I. Levy and Daniel R. Barney; for the Associated General Contractors of America, Inc., by Charles E. Murphy, John G. Roberts, Jr., and Michael E. Kennedy; for the Bituminous Coal Operators' Association, Inc., by Charles P. O'Connor, Peter Buscemi, and Stanley F. Lechner; for the Carriers Container Council, Inc., et al. by C. Peter Lambos, Robert J. Attaway, Donato Caruso, and Robert S. Zuckerman; for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States et al. by Zachary D. Fasman, Neal D. Mollen, Jenny C. Wu, Stephen A. Bokar, Robin S. Conrad, Jan S. Amundson, and Quentin Riegel; for the League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes of New York et al. by Howard L. Ganz and Steven C. Krane; for the National Basketball Association by Jeffrey A. Michkin and Richard W. Buchanan; for the National Electrical Contractors Association, Inc., by Gary L. Lieber; for the National Hockey League by Frank Rothman; for the National Railway Labor Conference by Richard T. Conway, Ralph J. Moore, Jr., David P. Lee, and Joanna Moorhead; and for the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball et al. by Randy L. Levine and Thomas J. Ostertag.

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