NCAA v. GOVERNOR OF NJ

Nos. 14-4546, 14-4568, and 14-4569.

832 F.3d 389 (2016)

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, an unincorporated association; National Basketball Association, a joint venture; National Football League, an unincorporated association; National Hockey League, an unincorporated association; Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, an unincorporated association doing business as Major League Baseball v. GOVERNOR OF the State of NEW JERSEY; David L. Rebuck, Director of the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement and Assistant Attorney General of the State of New Jersey; Frank Zanzuccki, Executive Director of the New Jersey Racing Commission; New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association, Inc; New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority Stephen M. Sweeney, President of the New Jersey Senate; Vincent Prieto, Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly (Intervenors in District Court), Appellants in 14-4568 Governor of New Jersey; David L. Rebuck; Frank Zanzuccki, Appellants in 14-4546 New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association, Inc., Appellant in 14-4569.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Amended: August 11, 2016.

Court Ordered Rehearing En Banc on October 14, 2015.

Argued En Banc on February 17, 2016.

Opinion filed: August 9, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Hoffman, Esquire , Acting Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, Jeffrey S. Jacobson, Esquire , Stuart M. Feinblatt, Esquire , Peter M. Slocum, Esquire , Office of Attorney General of New Jersey, 25 Market Street, Trenton, NJ 08625, Matthew M. Hoffman, Esquire , Gibson Dunn, 333 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90071, Ashley E. Johnson, Esquire , Gibson Dunn, 2100 McKinney Avenue, Suite 1100, Dallas, TX 75201, Theodore B. Olson, Esquire (ARGUED), Matthew D. McGill, Esquire , Gibson Dunn, 1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20036, Counsel for Appellants Governor of the State of New Jersey, David L. Rebuck, and Frank Zanzuccki.

Elliott M. Berman, Esquire , McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, 100 Mulberry Street, Three Gateway Center, Newark, NJ 07102, Ronald J. Riccio, Esquire (ARGUED), Edward A. Hartnett, Esquire , McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, 1300 Mount Kemble Avenue, P.O. Box 2075, Morristown, NJ 07962, Counsel for Appellant New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association.

Michael R. Griffinger, Esquire , Thomas R. Valen, Esquire , Jennifer A. Hradil, Esquire , Gibbons P.C., One Gateway Center, Newark, New Jersey 07102, Counsel for Appellants Stephen M. Sweeney and Vincent Prieto.

Paul D. Clement, Esquire (ARGUED), Erin Murphy, Esquire , Bancroft PLLC, 1919 M Street, N.W., Suite 470, Washington, DC 20036, Jeffrey A. Mishkin, Esquire , Anthony J. Dreyer, Esquire , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom, 4 Times Square, New York, NY 10036, William J. O'shaughnessy, Esquire , Richard Hernandez, Esquire , McCarter & English, 100 Mulberry Street, Four Gateway Center, 14th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102, Counsel for Appellees National Collegiate Athletic Association; National Basketball Association; National Football League; National Hockey League; Office of the Commissioner of Baseball.

Joyce R. Branda, Esquire , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Paul J. Fishman, Esquire (ARGUED), United States Attorney of the District of New Jersey, Scott R. McIntosh, Esquire , Peter J. Phipps, Esquire , Attorneys, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 883, Washington, DC 20044, Counsel for Amicus United States of America.

Before: AMBRO, FUENTES, SMITH, FISHER, JORDAN, HARDIMAN, GREENAWAY JR., VANASKIE, KRAUSE, RESTREPO, RENDELL, and BARRY, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

The issue presented before the en banc court is whether SB 2460, which the New Jersey Legislature enacted in 2014 to partially repeal certain prohibitions on sports gambling (the "2014 Law"), violates federal law. 2014 N.J. Sess. Law Serv. Ch. 62, codified at N.J. Stat. Ann. §§ 5:12A-7 to -9. ...

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