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Carolina League Grievances
Professional Baseball Schools & Clubs, Inc. v. Kuhn (1982)
Charge: Sherman and Clayton Act antitrust plus a false-promise claim - minor-league franchise owner attacks baseball's player-assignment and franchise-location systems (suit against the Commissioner, the minor leagues' association and its league)Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitDocket: Bush Leagues
Can a minor-league franchise owner sue organized baseball under antitrust law over player assignment, franchise location and league play rules?
The facts
A company holding a franchise in a minor league sued baseball's Commissioner, the national association of minor leagues and its own league. It attacked the system by which big-league clubs assign players to minor-league teams and decide where franchises may be located, accused organized baseball of monopolizing the professional game, and challenged a league rule that member teams may play only teams belonging to the minor-league association. It also claimed the league and its president made false promises it relied on. The defendants asked the federal court to throw the case out.
You have the facts the court had. Guilty or not guilty? Call it in the game with your friends, then see what the court actually decided. Wrong call, you drink.
Citation: Professional Baseball Schools & Clubs, Inc. v. Kuhn, 693 F.2d 1085 (11th Cir. 1982)
Read more at openjurist.org. The source reveals the outcome.