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Brown v. Pro Football Brown v. Pro Football Legal Brief #2Legal Brief #2By: Matt DeOliveira
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Case InformationCase Information
• Brown vs. Pro Football
• Case Number: 518 U.S. 231
• Date Argued: March 27, 1996
• Date Settled: June 20, 1996
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Fact Summary
• P: Anthony Brown,Et Al, Petitioners• D: Pro Football Inc., Washington
Redskins
• 235 squad players (P) brought suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the NFL and its member clubs, in which suit it was claimed that the employers' agreement to pay the squad players a $ 1,000 weekly salary violated the Sherman Act
• Two months later, in June, negotiations on the issue of developmental squad salaries reached an impasse.
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John Sherman
THE
SHERMAN
ACT
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ISSUES
Petitioners
• Implicit exemption applies only to labor management
• Post-impasse agreements about bargaining tactics
Solicitor General
• Exemption should terminate at the point of impasse
Do the employer’s violate the Sherman Act?
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THE OUTCOME
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ReferencesReferenceshttp://www.lexisnexis.com.proxy18.noblenet.org/hottopics/lnacademic/?
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