BLACK BEAR SPORTS GROUP v. AMATEUR HOCKEY ASS'N

Nos. 19-2076 & 19-2450.

962 F.3d 968 (2020)

BLACK BEAR SPORTS GROUP, INC., and Center Ice Arena, LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMATEUR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 22, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian E. Casey , Attorney, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, South Bend, IN, Paula Kay Jacobi , Attorney, Paul Olszowka , Attorney, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant Black Bear Sports Group, Inc.

Brian E. Casey , Attorney, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, South Bend, IN, Paul Olszowka , Attorney, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant Center Ice Arena, LLC.

James H. Mutchnik , Attorney, Erin Reynolds , Attorney, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL, Jonathan Jeffrey Faria , Attorney, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Andrew C. Lawrence , Attorney, Matthew Scott Owen , Attorney, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DO, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Bauer, Easterbrook, and Sykes, Circuit Judges.


Organized amateur hockey leagues in the United States come under the purview of USA Hockey, Inc., which is subject to the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act, 36 U.S.C. §§ 220501-43. USA Hockey delegates most of its authority to state and regional affiliates. Since 1975 Amateur Hockey Association of Illinois...

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