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TANAKA v. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

No. 00-55046.

252 F.3d 1059 (2001)

Rhiannon TANAKA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; Michael Garrett; Daryl Gross; Pacific-10 Conference; National Collegiate Athletic Association, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 7, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Renee M. Smith, Hermosa Beach, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Frank M. Hinman (argued), McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, LLP, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellee Pacific-10 Conference; Scott A. Edelman, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Los Angeles, California, for defendants-appellees University of Southern California, Michael Garrett, and Daryl Gross; Robert J. Wierenga, Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C., Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Mark L. Eisenhut, Call, Clayton & Jensen, Newport Beach, California, for defendant-appellee National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Before: DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, and RAYMOND C. FISHER, Circuit Judges.

O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether a former collegiate soccer player may pursue her federal antitrust challenge to an intercollegiate athletic association rule that discourages student-athletes from transferring to member institutions during the course of their collegiate athletic careers.

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A star high school soccer player, Rhiannon Tanaka ("Tanaka") was heavily recruited by the athletic programs of a number of universities, including...

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