John MacKey v. National Football League

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · Decided 1976-11-23

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LAY, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal by the National Football League (NFL), twenty-six of its member clubs, and its Commissioner, Alvin Ray “Pete” Rozelle, from a district court judgment holding the “Rozelle Rule” 1 to be violative of § 1 of the Sherman Act, and enjoining its enforcement. This act…

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