NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASS'N v. NJ GOVERNOR

Nos. 14-4546, 14-4568, 14-4569.

799 F.3d 259 (2015)

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, an unincorporated association; National Basketball Association, a joint venture; National Football League, an unincorporated association; National Hockey League, an unincorporated association; Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, an unincorporated association doing business as Major League Baseball v. GOVERNOR OF the State of NEW JERSEY; David L. Rebuck, Director of the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement and Assistant Attorney General of the State of New Jersey; Frank Zanzuccki, Executive Director of the New Jersey Racing Commission; New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association, Inc.; New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority, Stephen M. Sweeney, President of the New Jersey Senate; Vincent Prieto, Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly (Intervenors in District Court), Appellants in 14-4568. Governor of New Jersey; David L. Rebuck; Frank Zanzuccki, Appellants in 14-4546. New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association, Inc., Appellant in 14-4569.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed August 25, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Hoffman, Esquire , Acting Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, Jeffrey S. Jacobson, Esquire , Geoffrey S. Brounell, Esquire , Stuart M. Feinblatt, Esquire , Ashlea D. Newman, Esquire , Peter M. Slocum, Esquire , Office of Attorney General of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ, Matthew Hoffman, Esquire , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, CA, Ashley E. Johnson, Esquire , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Dallas, TX, Theodore B. Olson, Esquire (ARGUED), Matthew D. McGill, Esquire , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Washington, DC, Counsel for Appellants Governor of the State of New Jersey, David L. Rebuck, and Frank Zanzuccki in 14-4546.

Elliott M. Berman, Esquire , McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, Newark, NJ, Ronald J. Riccio, Esquire (ARGUED), Edward A. Hartnett, Esquire , McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, Morristown, NJ, Counsel for Appellant New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association, Inc. in 14-4569.

Michael R. Griffinger, Esquire (ARGUED), Thomas R. Valen, Esquire , Jennifer A. Hradil, Esquire , Gibbons P.C., Newark, NJ, Counsel for Appellants Stephen M. Sweeney and Vincent Prieto in 14-4568.

Paul D. Clement, Esquire (ARGUED), Erin E. Murphy, Esquire , William R. Levi, Esquire , Taylor Meehan, Esquire , Bancroft PLLC, Washington, DC, Jeffrey A. Mishkin, Esquire , Anthony J. Dreyer, Esquire , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom, New York, N.Y., William J. O'Shaughnessy, Esquire , Richard Hernandez, Esquire , McCarter & English, Newark, NJ, Counsel for Appellees National Collegiate Athletic Association; National Basketball Association; National Football League; National Hockey League; Office of the Commissioner of Baseball.

Joyce R. Branda, Esquire , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Paul J. Fishman, Esquire , United States Attorney of the District of New, Scott R. McIntosh, Esquire , Peter J. Phipps, Esquire (ARGUED), Attorneys, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Counsel for Amicus United States of America.

Before: RENDELL, FUENTES and BARRY, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

The issue presented in this appeal is whether SB 2460, which the New Jersey Legislature enacted in 2014 (the "2014 Law") to partially repeal certain prohibitions on sports gambling, violates federal law. 2014 N.J. Sess. Law Serv. Ch. 62, codified at N.J. Stat. Ann. §§ 5:12A-7 to 9. The District...

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