OLSON v. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Nos. 20-1831-cv; 20-1841-cv August Term 2020.

29 F.4th 59 (2022)

Kristopher R. OLSON, Christopher Clifford, Erik Liptak, Christopher Lopez, Warren Barber, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, v. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, MLB Advanced Media, L.P., Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, New York Yankees Partnership, Interested Party-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, Boston Red Sox Baseball Club, L.P., Houston Astros, LLC, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: March 21, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Golub ( Steven L. Bloch , on the brief), Silver Golub & Teitell LLP, Stamford, Connecticut; John D. Radice , Kenneth Pickle , Natasha Fernandez-Silber , April Lambert , Radice Law Firm, P.C., Princeton, New Jersey (on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

John L. Hardiman ( Benjamin R. Walker , Hannah Lonky Fackler , on the brief), Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, New York, for Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

Randy L. Levine , New York Yankees Partnership, Bronx, New York; Jonathan D. Schiller , Thomas H. Sosnowski , Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, New York, New York (on the brief), for Interested Party-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

Katherine B. Forrest , Michael T. Reynolds , Lauren A. Moskowitz , Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, New York, for Defendant-Appellee Boston Red Sox Baseball Club, L.P.

Hilary L. Preston ( Clifford Thau , Marisa Antos-Fallon , on the brief), Vinson & Elkins LLP, New York, New York; Michael C. Holmes , Vinson & Elkins LLP, Dallas, Texas (on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee Houston Astros, LLC.

Before: Livingston, Chief Judge, Lynch and Bianco, Circuit Judges.


Plaintiffs-Appellants Kristopher R. Olson, Christopher Clifford, Erik Liptak, Christopher Lopez, and Warren Barber appeal from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Rakoff, J.), granting the motion to dismiss all claims against Major League Baseball ("MLB"...

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