NIX v. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

No. 22-20364.

62 F.4th 920 (2023)

Neiman NIX, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, Office of the Commissioner of Baseball; Robert D. Manfred, Jr.; Major League Baseball Players Association; Angels Baseball L.P.; Athletics Investment Group L.L.C., also known as Oakland Athletics Baseball Company; AZPB Limited Partnership; Associated Press, Incorporated; Howie Rumberg; ESPN, Incorporated; USA Today, Incorporated; NSF International; The Gatorade Company; NFI Consumer Products; Cytosport, Incorporated; Klean Athlete; Informed Choice; Zachary Grant Antero Britton; John and Jane Doe (1-10); et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED March 16, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neiman Nix, Porter, TX, Pro Se.

Adriana Riviere-Badell , Kobre & Kim, L.L.P., Miami, FL, Sydney Sgambato Johnson , Kobre & Kim, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Grant Bellows Martinez , Elizabeth Anne Wyman, Esq. , James E. Zucker , Yetter Coleman, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendants—Appellees Major League Baseball, Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, Robert D. Manfred, Jr., Angels Baseball L.P., Athletics Investment Group L.L.C., AZPB Limited Partnership.

Michael Rubin , Altshuler Berzon, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, for Defendants—Appellees Major League Baseball Players Association, Zachary Grant Antero Britton.

James B. Lake , Carol Jean LoCicero , Thomas & LoCicero, P.L., Tampa, FL, for Defendants—Appellees Associated Press, Incorporated, Howie Rumberg, ESPN, Incorporated, USA Today.

Patrick Michael McCarthy , Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.L.L.C., Royal Oak, MI, for Defendant—Appellee NSF International.

Nancy Lynne Patterson , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendants—Appellees Gatorade Company, Cytosport, Incorporated.

Trenton H. Norris , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, for Defendant—Appellee Klean Athlete.

Thomas M. Spitaletto, Esq. , Valeri C. Williams, Esq. , Counsel, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Defendant—Appellee Informed Choice.

Before Smith, Clement, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.


This appeal involves the latest in a series of unsuccessful lawsuits2 by Neiman Nix, proceeding pro se, who sued Major League Baseball ("MLB"), the MLB Player's Association ("MLBPA"), and numerous other defendants, including media companies...

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