O'BANNON v. NAT. COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

No. C 09-3329 CW.

7 F.Supp.3d 955 (2014)

Edward O'BANNON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION; Electronic Arts Inc.; and Collegiate Licensing Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

Signed August 8, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher L. Lebsock , Arthur Nash Bailey, Jr. , Bruce J. Wecker , Michael Paul Lehmann , Hausfeld LLP, Allan Steyer , Donald Scott Macrae , Gabriel Dash Zeldin , Steyer Lowenthal Boodrookas Alvarez Smith LLP, Brendan Patrick Glackin , Lin Yee Chan , Eric B. Fastiff , Kelly M. Dermody , Leiff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, Bruce L. Simon , Bruce Lee Simon , Thomas Kay Boardman , Pearson Simon , Warshaw and Penny, LLP, Daniel Simon Mason , Attorney at Law, Derek G. Howard , Minami Tamaki LLP, Jessica L. Grant , Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP, Jiangxiao Athena Hou , Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP, Joseph R. Saveri , Joseph Saveri Law Finn, Inc., Kimberly Ann Kralowec , The Kralowec Law Group, Joshua P. Davis , University Of San Francisco School of Law, Rosemary M. Rivas , Finkelstein Thompson LLP, San Francisco, CA, Jon T. King , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Berkeley, CA, Amanda Heather Kent , Robert William Finnerty , Thomas V. Girardi , Girardi & Keese, Los Angeles, CA, Bonny E. Sweeney , Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA, Brian L. Schwalb , Seth Rosenthal, Venable LLP, Catherine Rosato Reilly , Melissa Helen Maxman , Cozen O'Connor, Daniel Cohen , Jonathan W. Cuneo , Cuneo Gilbert and Laduca, LLP, Hilary Kathleen Scherrer, Megan E. Jones , Michael D. Hausfeld , Sathya S. Gosselin , Swathi Bojedla , Hilary K. Scherrer , Hausfeld LLP, Jack Simms , Tanya S. Chutkan , William A. Isaacson , Boies Schiller and Flexner LLP, Washington, DC, Christopher Theo Heliums , Pittman Dutton and Heliums, P.C., Birmingham, AL, Dianne M. Nast , Nastlaw LLC, Ellen Meriwether , Cafferty Faucher LLP, Eugene A. Spector , Jay S. Cohen , Jeffrey J. Corrigan , Jeffrey Lawrence Spector, William G. Caldes , Spector, Roseman, Kodroff & Willis, P.C., Joel Cary Meredith , Meredith & Associates, Steven J. Greenfogel , Lite Depalma Greenburg, LLC, Eric L. Cramer , Berger & Montague, P.C., Bryan L. Clobes , Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Douglas A. Millen , Robert J. Wozniak , Freed Kanner London & Millen, LLC, Bannockburn, IL, Edgar Dean Gankendorff , New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, Jay L. Himes , Morissa R. Falk , Labaton Sucharow LLP, Ronald J. Aranoff , Bernstein Liebhard LLP., Lee Albert , Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP, New York, NY, Mitchell J. Rapp , Shawn D. Stuckey , Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP, Renae Diane Steiner , Vincent J. Esades , Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C., Minneapolis, MN, Robert G. Eisler , Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Wilmington, DE, Stanley M. Chesley , Waite Schneider Bayless & Chesley, Wilbert Benjamin Markovits , Terence Richard Coates , Markovits, Stock & Demarco, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, Leonard W Aragon , Robert B. Carey , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Phoenix, AZ, Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, WA, Garrett D. Blanchfield, Jr. , Reinhardt Wendorf & Blanchfield, St. Paul, MN, Joe Sibley , Kiwi Alejandro Danao Camara , Camara & Sibley LLP, Houston, TX, Kendall S. Zylstra , Stephen E. Connolly , Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, Jenkintown, PA, for Plaintiffs.

Glenn Douglas Pomerantz , Luis Li , Munger Tolles and Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Robert James Wierenga , Gregory L. Curtner , Kimberly K. Kefalas , Suzanne Wahl , Schiff Hardin LLP, Atleen Kaur , Miller Canfield Paddock and Stone PLC, Ann Arbor, MI, Carolyn Hoecker Luedtke , Jeslyn A. Miller , Justin Paul Raphael , Kelly Max Klaus , Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, David P. Borovsky , Glen Robert Olson , Long & Levit LLP, Jason Alex Geller , Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick & Pearson LLP, Rohit K. Singla , Thane Rehn , Munger, Tolles and Olson, San Francisco, CA, Amber Melia Trincado , King & Spalding LLP, Robert James Slaughter , Matan Shacham , Robert Adam Lauridsen, Robert   Addy Van Nest , Steven A. Hirsch , Keker & Van Nest, LLP, San Francisco, CA, Gennaro August Filice , Filice Brown Eassa & McLeod LLP, Oakland, CA, Cindy Dawn Hanson , Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, GA, Constance K. Robinson , Peter M. Boyle , Svetlana S. Gans , Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendants.


FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

CLAUDIA WILKEN, United States District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Competition takes many forms. Although this case raises questions about athletic competition on the football field and the basketball court, it is principally about the rules governing competition in a different arena — namely, the marketplace.

Plaintiffs are a group of current and former college student-athletes. They brought this...

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