BROWN et al.
v.
PRO FOOTBALL, INC., dba WASHINGTON REDSKINS, et al.
United States Supreme Court.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued March 27, 1996.
Decided June 20, 1996.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Kenneth W. Starr argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Paul T. Cappuccio, Steven G. Bradbury, Joseph A. Yablonski, and Daniel B. Edelman.
Deputy Solicitor General Wallace argued the cause for the United States et al. as amicus curiae urging reversal. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Days, Assistant Attorney General Bingaman, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Klein, Paul R. Q. Wolfson, Robert J. Nicholson, Robert J. Wiggers, and David C. Shonka.
Gregg H. Levy argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Herbert Dym, Sonya D. Winner, and Robert A. Long, Jr.*
Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined. Stevens, J., filed a dissenting opinion, p. 252.
United States Supreme Court.
Justice Breyer, delivered the opinion of the Court.
The question in this case arises at the intersection of the Nation's labor and antitrust laws. A group of professional football players brought this antitrust suit against football club owners. The club owners had bargained with the players' union over a wage issue until they reached impasse. The owners then had agreed among themselves (but not with the union) to implement...
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