Plaintiff, a college athlete, filed a lawsuit against the NCAA in which he argued that the defendant had unreasonably restrained trade in violation of the Sherman Act, by restricting student athletes to four seasons of intercollegiate competition per sport. The district court granted plaintiff’s request for a preliminary injunction and defendant appealed. The Seventh Circuit reversed, finding that the district court should not have granted plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction because plaintiff had not properly defined the relevant market and explaining that even if he had plaintiff’s allegation that he was excluded from the market was not sufficient to show likely anti-competitive effects. (KOLAR, concurring and RIPPLE, dissenting)
Federal 7th Circuit Court
Civil Court
Preliminary Injunction