SLANEY v. INT'L AMATEUR

No. 99-4146.

244 F.3d 580 (2001)

Mary Decker SLANEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR ATHLETIC FEDERATION and the United States Olympic Committee, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 27, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Coleman, Jr. (argued), Durham, NC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Eugene D. Gulland (argued), Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, William C. Barnard, Sommer & Barnard, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellee International Amateur Athletic Federation.

R.D. Zink, Henderson, Daily, Withrow & Devoe, Indianapolis, IN, Richard R. Young, Brent E. Rychener (argued), Holme Roberts & Owen, Colorado Springs, CO, for Defendant-Appellee United States Olympic Committee.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and POSNER and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Chief Judge.

Former Olympic runner Mary Decker Slaney ("Slaney") brought suit against the International Amateur Athletic Federation ("IAAF") and the United States Olympic Committee ("USOC") shortly after an IAAF arbitration panel determined that Slaney had committed a doping offense. Slaney's complaint raised a litany of state-law claims which the district court determined it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over because of the applicability of The New York...

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