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BUTTERWORTH v. NAT. BASEBALL CLUBS

No. 82287.

644 So.2d 1021 (1994)

Robert A. BUTTERWORTH, etc., Petitioner, v. NATIONAL LEAGUE OF PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL CLUBS, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied November 17, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Jerome W. Hoffman and Louis Hubener, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Gregory A. Presnell and Kathryn B. Nixon of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A., Orlando, and Robert J. Kheel of Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, New York City, for respondents.

Tony Cunningham of Cunningham Law Group, P.A., Tampa, amicus curiae for Frank L. Morsani, individually, and Tampa Bay Baseball Group, Inc.

Stephen F. Ross, University of Illinois, College of Law, Champaign, IL, amici curiae for Consumer Federation of America and Sports Fans United.

HARDING, Justice.

We have for review Butterworth v. National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, 622 So.2d 177 (Fla. 5th DCA 1993), in which the Fifth District Court of Appeal certified the following question to be one of great public importance:

DOES THE ANTITRUST EXEMPTION FOR BASEBALL RECOGNIZED BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT IN FEDERAL BASE BALL CLUB OF BALTIMORE, INC. v. NATIONAL LEAGUE OF PROFESSIONAL...

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