Maurice CLARETT, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, Defendant-Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued: April 19, 2004.
Decided: May 24, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Gregg H. Levy, Covington & Burling (Joshua D. Wolson, James M. Garland, and Benjamin C. Block, on the brief), Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant.
Alan C. Milstein, Sherman, Silverstein, Kohl, Rose & Podolsky (Jeffrey P. Resnick; John B. Langel, Burt M. Rublin, and Amy L. Weiss, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP; Robert A. Skirnick and Daniel B. Allanoff, Meredith Cohen Greenfogel & Skirnick; Robert A. McCormick, Michigan State University, on the brief), Pennsauken, NJ, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
G. Michael Pharis, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips L.L.P. (Fredrick R. Tully and Robert W. Barton, on the brief), Baton Rouge, LA, for Amicus Curiae American Football Coaches Association.
Jeffrey A. Mishkin, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (Peter S. Julian and Darren C. Broughton; Richard W. Buchanan, National Basketball Association; William L. Daly and Julie Spar, National Hockey League, on the brief), New York, NY, for Amici Curiae National Basketball Association, the Women's National Basketball Association, and the National Hockey League.
Gregory L. Curtner, Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, PLC (David R. Grand, on the brief), New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae National Collegiate Athletic Association.
James W. Quinn, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (Bruce S. Meyer; Richard A. Berthelsen, National Football League Players Association; Jeffrey L. Kessler, Joseph Angland, and David G. Feher, Dewey Ballantine LLP, on the brief), New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae National Football League Players Association.
Perry H. Apelbaum, United States House of Representatives, Rep. John L. Conyers, Ranking Member, Committee on the Judiciary (Kanya A. Bennett, Stacey Dansky, and Michelle A. Persaud, on the brief), Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae John Conyers, Jr., Member of Congress.
Before: SACK, SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges, and KAPLAN, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant National Football League ("NFL" or "the League") appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Scheindlin, J.) ordering plaintiff-appellee Maurice Clarett ("Clarett") eligible to enter this year's NFL draft on the ground that the NFL's eligibility rules requiring Clarett to wait at least three full football seasons after his high school graduation before entering the...
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