REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA v. ABC, INC.

Nos. 84-6310, 84-6322.

747 F.2d 511 (1984)

The REGENTS OF the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, The University of Southern California, The Pacific-10 Conference, and The Big Ten Conference, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC., ABC Sports, Inc., Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, Inc., The College Football Association, The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, and The University of Notre Dame Du Lac, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 9, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John N. Hauser, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, San Francisco, Cal., Byron L. Gregory, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

James Loftis, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants.

Before ANDERSON, FERGUSON and BEEZER, Circuit Judges.


FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:

On June 27, 1984, the Supreme Court held that the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA's) position as the exclusive bargaining agent for college football television rights violated section one of the Sherman Act. National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma (Regents), ___ U.S. ___, 104 S.Ct. 2948, 82 L.Ed.2d 70 (1984). Immediately thereafter, most universities with football programs...

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