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Leaving The Ballpark, J. Thomas Sullivan
Leaving The Ballpark, J. Thomas Sullivan
The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process
Justice Stevens’s Sammy Sosa "leaving the ballpark" metaphor in City of Chicago v. Morales is used as a reminder that words may have multiple meanings.
The Globalization Of Baseball: Major League Baseball And The Mistreatment Of Latin American Baseball Talent, Arturo J. Marcano, David Fidler
The Globalization Of Baseball: Major League Baseball And The Mistreatment Of Latin American Baseball Talent, Arturo J. Marcano, David Fidler
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
No abstract provided.
Before The Flood: The History Of Baseball’S Antitrust Exemption, Roger Abrams
Before The Flood: The History Of Baseball’S Antitrust Exemption, Roger Abrams
Roger I. Abrams
This article addresses the historical anomaly of baseball’s exemption from the federal antitrust laws. Starting with Justice Holmes’ opinion in the 1922 Federal Baseball case, the article criticizes the Supreme Court’s rigid adherence to stare decisis despite considerable changes in the legal and economic context. Ultimately, in the Curt Flood case the Court acknowledges the error of its previous ways, but stubbornly refuses to correct the law, leaving to Congress the ultimate power to revise a half century of judicial errors.
Before The Flood: The History Of Baseball's Antitrust Exemption, Roger I. Abrams
Before The Flood: The History Of Baseball's Antitrust Exemption, Roger I. Abrams
Marquette Sports Law Review
No abstract provided.
Introduction: What Makes A Field A Field, W. Burlette Carter
Introduction: What Makes A Field A Field, W. Burlette Carter
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
The article considers whether the field of "Sports Law" is a separate legal field or merely a subfield of other established legal fields (e.g., criminal law, contracts, etc.) In so doing, it considers causes us to consider a legal area of inquiry "a field." It begins with offering an historical overview of the development of "Sports Law" and considers whether the course of study is properly described as “Sports Law” or “Sports and the Law?” It provides reasons in support of embracing the study of sports law in the law school curriculum and suggests in a final section that …