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HICKS v. PGA TOUR, INC.

No. 16-15370.

897 F.3d 1109 (2018)

Williams Michael HICKS; Kenneth Harms, as Class Representative Plaintiffs and Individual Plaintiffs; Matthew Achatz; Brandon Antus; Chad Antus; Andrew Barnes; Chris Berry; Michael Bestor; Duane Bock; David Brooker; Mark Carnes; Steven Catlin; Bruce Clendenen; Graeme Courts; Michael Darby; Henry Diana; Don Donatello; Michael Doran; James Edmondson; Dean Elliott; Joseph Etter; Brent Everson; Micah Fugitt; Damon Green; Jay Haas, Jr.; Steven Hale; Matthew Hauser; Adam Hayes; William Heim; Jonathan Jakovac; Tom Janis; Jimmy Johnson; Chris Jones; Nick Jones; Steve Kay; Anthony Knight; Shay Knight; Mitch Knox; Kurtis Kowaluk; Ronald Levin; John Limanti; Brennen Little; Scott Martin, Esquire, Attorney; Rich Mayo, Jr.; Daniel Mcquilken; Eric Meller, Esquire, Attorney; Matthew Minister; Charles Mohr; Todd Montoya; Tony Navarro; Donald Nelson; Travis Perkins; Joseph Pyland; Brian Reed; Chad Reynolds; Miguel Rivera; David Robinson; Scott Sajtinac; Andrew Sanders; Fred Sanders; Corby Segal; Shawn Segars; Brian Smith; Russel Stark; Brad Swearingen; Paul Tesori; Robert Thompson; Scott Tway; Steve Underwood; Mark Urbanek; Rusty Uresti; Brett Waldman; Neil Wallace; Aaron Wark; Jeffery Willett; Barry Williams; Michael Mazzeo; John Yarbrough; Justin York; Dennis Turning; Stephen Williams; Terry R. Engleman; Thomas Fletcher; Alan Bond; Edward E. Willis; Robert J. Mcfadden; Peter Ambrosetti; Kenneth A. Tolles; Joseph Duplantis; Bradley Whittle; Peter Jordan; Weston Scott Watts; Joshua E. Dickinson; David B. Parsons; Peter Vanderriet; Mark Crunden; John M. Buchna; Colin Byrne; Linn Strickler; Chad Rosenak; Matthew Bednarski; Martin Courtois; Kenny Butler; Jeff Dolf; Marcel Labas; Russell Craver; James Walters; James Smith; Patrick V. Esway, Jr.; Mark Huber; Jon Custer; Lewis B. Puller III; Jim Thomas; Mark E. Miller, Esquire, Attorney; Matthew Hall; Eric Schwarz; John R. Adcox; John Venn; John Egan; Matthew Tritton; James Springer, Esquire, Attorney; Terry Travis; Richard J. Motacki; Robert Dickerson; Tim Goodell; Robert Vail; Todd Newcomb; Greg W. Martin; Noah Zelnik; Brent Henley; Christopher S. Fiedler; Philip Lowe; David Patterson; Kevin Mcarthur; Richard M. Schlaack; David H. Rawls; Bob Burns; Michael J. Waite; Harry Brown; David A. Kerr; Brian H. Sullivan; Andrew Davidson; Allan Mellan; David Woosley; Ronald Mccann; Daniel Schlimm; Steve Greenwood; Anthony Wilds; Michael Maroney; Andrew Martinez; Kyle Kolenda; David Lawson; John L. Smith; Michael Middlemo; Spencer Seifert; Ladden Cline; Thomas G. Williams; Michael Carrick; Calvin Henley; George Assante; Walter Worthern, Jr.; Timothy J. Thalmueller; William Poore; Norman R. Blount, Jr.; William Spencer; Mark Hamilton; Christian Heath Holt; Damian Lopez, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PGA TOUR, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 27, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur R. Miller (argued), The Lanier Law Firm P.C., New York, New York; Benjamin T. Major (argued), Kevin P. Parker , Richard D. Meadow , and W. Mark Lanier , The Lanier Law Firm P.C., Houston, Texas; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jeffrey A. Mishkin (argued) and Anthony Dreyer , Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, New York; Raoul D. Kennedy , Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Palo Alto, California; for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, and Michael Daly Hawkins and Kathleen M. O'Malley, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

This appeal concerns various antitrust and related state law claims of professional golf caddies ("Caddies") who participate in golf tournaments run by the PGA Tour ("the Tour") arising out of the Tour's requirement that they wear bibs containing advertisements at professional golfing events. The district court...

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