BLAW 3230 Chapter : Chapter 9 Cases
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Federal baseball club of baltimore v. national league of professional baseball (1922: antitrust laws do not apply to professional baseball did not affect interstate commerce. Not interstate commerce travel of state lines only incidental. Toolson v. new york yankees (1953: sherman act was not meant to include baseball. Acknowledged baseball"s antitrust exemption was flawed but didn"t overrule federal baseball. Flood v. kuhn (1972: sued in order to become a free agent. Reserve clause was an unreasonable restraint of trade under sherman act. Team should be able to renew contract for only one year not to be built on top of a previous extension. Federal baseball decision was an anomaly, but up to congress to change antitrust exemption, not supreme court. Radovich v. national football league (1957: nfl is subject to antitrust laws. American football league v. national football league (1963) Insufficient evidence of nfl"s intent to monopolize; natural monopoly did not violate antitrust laws.
