KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY v. NAT'L ASS'N OF STOCK CAR AUTO

No. 08-5041.

588 F.3d 908 (2009)

KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STOCK CAR AUTO RACING, INC. et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: December 11, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Charles Frederick Rule, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. David Boies, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Armonk, New York, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Charles Frederick Rule, Joseph J. Bial, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, Washington, D.C., Stanley M. Chesley, W.B. Markovits, Fay E. Stilz, Paul M. DeMarco, Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley, Cincinnati, Ohio, Einer R. Elhauge, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Stephen D. Susman, Justin A. Nelson, Susman & Godfrey, L.L.P., Houston, Texas, for Appellant. David Boies, Helen M. Maher, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Armonk, New York, Stuart H. Singer, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Guy I. Wade III, Rodney Acker, Oscar Rey Rodriguez, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Dallas, Texas, G. Jack Donson, Jr., Taft, Stettinius & Hollister L.L.P., Cincinnati, Ohio, Robert B. Craig, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, Covington, Kentucky, Matthew C. Blickensderfer, Frost Brown Todd, Cincinnati, Ohio, Sheryl G. Snyder, Frost Brown Todd, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellees. Jeffrey A. Lamken, Molo Lamken, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae.

Before: GILMAN, COOK, and FARRIS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

Kentucky Speedway, LLC (KYS) sued both the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (NASCAR) and an affiliated company that owns multiple racetracks called International Speedway Corporation (ISC), alleging that they violated federal antitrust laws by not sanctioning a Sprint Cup race at KYS's racetrack in Kentucky and by preventing KYS from purchasing other racetracks that already host such a race. The...

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