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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE v. NORTH AMERICAN SOCCER LEAGUE

No. 81-2296.

459 U.S. 1074 (1982)

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE ET AL. v. NORTH AMERICAN SOCCER LEAGUE ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

December 6, 1982.

Certiorari denied.

JUSTICE REHNQUIST, dissenting.

This lawsuit is an attack under § 1 of the Sherman Act, 26 Stat., as amended, 15 U.S.C. § 1, by the North American Soccer League (NASL) and most of its member teams on the cross-ownership rule imposed by the National Football League (NFL) on the owners of its member teams. The rule, in essence, prohibits NFL owners from obtaining a controlling interest in any other major league professional sports...

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