Respondent, National Football League (“NFL”), is an unincorporated association of 32 professional football teams that produces an annual season of football games and the Super Bowl championship game. See American Needle, Inc. v. National Football...
Sherman Antitrust Act
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Antitrust refers to the regulation of the concentration of economic power, particularly in regard to monopolies and other anticompetitive practices. Antitrust laws exist as both federal statutes and state statutes. The three key federal...
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Glen Billing and other investors filed a class action lawsuit against Credit Suisse First Boston Ltd. (“Credit Suisse”) and other Wall Street investment firms. In re Initial Public Offering Antitrust Litigation, 287 F.Supp.2d 497 (S.D.N.Y. 2003) (“In...
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Leegin Creative Leather Products (“Leegin”) is a California-based leather manufacturer that produces and markets women’s accessories. Brief for Petitioner at 2. In 1990, Leegin introduced the “Brighton” brand of products, which...
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Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 is a federal statute which prohibits activities that restrict interstate commerce and competition in the marketplace. It outlaws any contract, conspiracy, or combination of business interests in restraint of...
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Appealed from: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (June 1, 2004)
Oral argument: January 10, 2006
ANTI-TRUST, PRICE FIXING, SHERMAN ACT, 15 U.S.C. § 1, per se violation...