TOOLSON v. NEW YORK YANKEES.

No. 18.

346 U.S. 356 (1953)

TOOLSON v. NEW YORK YANKEES, INC. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 9, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard C. Parke argued the cause for petitioner in No. 18. With him on the brief was Gene M. Harris.

Frederic A. Johnson argued the cause for petitioner in No. 23 and Seymour Martinson argued the cause for petitioners in No. 25. With them on the briefs were Maurice H. Koodish and Edward Martinson.

Norman S. Sterry argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents in No. 18.

Raymond T. Jackson argued the cause for respondents in Nos. 23 and 25. With him on the briefs were Benjamin F. Fiery and Louis F. Carroll.

Thomas Reed Powell filed a brief for the Boston American League Base Ball Company in No. 18, as amicus curiae, urging affirmance.


PER CURIAM.

In Federal Baseball Club of Baltimore v. National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, 259 U.S. 200 (1922), this Court held that the business of providing public baseball games for profit between clubs of professional baseball players was not within the scope of the federal antitrust laws. Congress has had the ruling under consideration but has not seen fit to bring...

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