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Antitrust And Nonmarket Goods: The Supreme Court Fumbles Again—National Collegiate Athletic Association V. Board Of Regents, 104 S. Ct. 2948 (1984), Jonathan E. Seib
Antitrust And Nonmarket Goods: The Supreme Court Fumbles Again—National Collegiate Athletic Association V. Board Of Regents, 104 S. Ct. 2948 (1984), Jonathan E. Seib
Washington Law Review
In National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Board of Regents, the Supreme Court held that the NCAA's regulations restricting television broadcasts of college football games violated section one of the Sherman Antitrust Act. The result stemmed primarily from the Court's conclusion that the regulations did not promote their asserted purposes. However, the crucial aspect of the opinion is that, contrary to what precedent would suggest, the Court determined that the NCAA's purposes were legitimate in the first place. This Note addresses the question of why the NCAA Court reasoned the way it did and examines the means by which it arrived …
Qualified Common Law Privilege For News Reporters In Criminal Cases—State V. Rinaldo, 102 Wn. 2d 749, 689 P.2d 392 (1984), Susan Ward
Washington Law Review
In State v. Rinaldo, the Washington Supreme Court extended the news reporter's qualified common law privilege to criminal cases. This extension will adequately protect most confidential information held by reporters. In some cases, however, defendants will be able to defeat the qualified privilege announced in Rinaldo. The Washington courts should then construe article 1, section 5 of the Washington State Constitution to require in camera inspection of the information sought. The trial judge should order disclosure only upon concluding that the defendant's interest in obtaining the information outweighs the news reporter's interest in confidentiality.