No. 20-512
Vide 20-520
 
Title: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Petitioner
v.
Shawne Alston, et al.
Docketed: October 19, 2020
Linked with: 20A145
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (19-15566, 19-15662)
   Decision Date: May 18, 2020
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Oct 15 2020 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 18, 2020)
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Nov 09 2020 Brief of respondents Shawne Alston, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED.
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Nov 13 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Sam C. Ehrlich filed. VIDED.
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Nov 18 2020 Brief amici curiae of Antitrust Law And Business School Professors filed.
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Nov 18 2020 Brief amici curiae of Antitrust Economists filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Nov 24 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/11/2020.
Nov 24 2020 Reply of petitioner National Collegiate Athletic Association filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 16 2020 Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 20-520 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED.
Dec 16 2020 Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 20-512. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 20-512. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.”
Dec 21 2020 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners National Collegiate Athletic Association. VIDED.
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Jan 04 2021 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Jan 08 2021 Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Shawne Alston, et al.
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Jan 11 2021 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners GRANTED. VIDED.
Jan 27 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Sam C. Ehrlich in support of neither party filed. VIDED.
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Feb 01 2021 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. VIDED.
Feb 01 2021 Brief of petitioner National Collegiate Athletic Association filed (in 20-512).
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Feb 01 2021 Brief of petitioners American Athletic Conference, et al. filed (in 20-520).
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Feb 04 2021 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit.
Feb 04 2021 Record from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer. Part of the record is SEALED and has been electronically filed.
Feb 05 2021 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, The Big Ten Conference, Inc.
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Feb 05 2021 Brief amicus curiae of National Federation Of State High School Associations filed (in 20-512).
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Feb 08 2021 Brief amici curiae of American Council on Education and Ten Other Higher Education Associations filed. VIDED.
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Feb 08 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Thomas B. Nachbar filed. VIDED
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Feb 08 2021 Brief amici curiae of Antitrust Law And Business School Professors filed. VIDED.
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Feb 08 2021 Brief amici curiae of Antitrust Economists filed. VIDED.
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Feb 08 2021 Brief amici curiae of Georgia, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Feb 08 2021 Brief amici curiae of Former Student-Athletes filed. VIDED.
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Feb 18 2021 Application (20A145) to extend the time to file the reply briefs on the merits from 2 p.m., March 19, 2021 to 2 p.m., March 21, 2021, submitted to Justice Kagan. VIDED.
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Feb 22 2021 CIRCULATED.
Feb 24 2021 Application (20A145) denied by Justice Kagan. VIDED.
Mar 03 2021 Brief of respondents Shawne Alston, et al. filed. VIDED (Distributed)
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Mar 09 2021 Brief amici curiae of 65 Professors of Law, Business, Economics, and Sports Management filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Mar 10 2021 Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Mar 10 2021 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. VIDED.
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Mar 10 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Advocates for Minor Leaguers filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Mar 10 2021 Brief amici curiae of Historians filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Mar 10 2021 Brief amici curiae of Sports Economists filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Mar 10 2021 Brief amici curiae of Former NCAA Executives filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Mar 10 2021 Brief amici curiae of African American Antitrust Lawyers filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Mar 10 2021 Brief amicus curiae of American Antitrust Institute filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Mar 10 2021 Brief amici curiae of Dr. Ellen J. Staurowsky, Dr. Eddie Comeaux, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Mar 10 2021 Brief amici curiae of Arizona, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Mar 10 2021 Brief amici curiae of O'Bannon Plaintiff Class Representatives filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Mar 10 2021 Brief amici curiae of Players Associations of the National Football League, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Mar 10 2021 Brief amici curiae of Open Markets Institute, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Mar 10 2021 Brief amicus curiae of The Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Mar 19 2021 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. VIDED.
Mar 19 2021 Reply of petitioner National Collegiate Athletic Association filed (in 20-512). (Distributed)
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Mar 19 2021 Reply of petitioners American Athletic Conference, et al. filed (in 20-520). (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021 Argued. For petitioners: Seth P. Waxman, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Jeffrey L. Kessler, New York, N. Y.; and Elizabeth B. Prelogar, Acting Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) VIDED.
Jun 21 2021 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Gorsuch, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Kavanaugh, J., filed a concurring opinion. VIDED.
Jul 23 2021 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Andrew John Pincus
Counsel of Record
Mayer Brown LLP
1999 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006

apincus@mayerbrown.com
Ph: 202-263-3220
Party name: The Big Ten Conference, Inc.


Seth P. Waxman
Counsel of Record
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
2100 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20037

SETH.WAXMAN@WILMERHALE.COM
Ph: 202-663-6800
Party name: National Collegiate Athletic Association


Attorneys for Respondents
Linda T. Coberly
Counsel of Record
Winston & Strawn, LLP
35 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60601

lcoberly@winston.com
Ph: 312-558-8768
Party name: Shawne Alston, et al.


Other Attorneys
Tillman J. Breckenridge
Counsel of Record
Breckenridge PLLC
1325 G St, NW
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005

tjb@breckenridgepllc.com
Ph: 2025677733
Party name: African American Antitrust Lawyers


Michael Shawn Catlett
Counsel of Record
Arizona Attorney General's Office, Office of the Solicitor General
2005 N. Central Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85004

michael.catlett@azag.gov
Ph: (602)542-7751
Party name: Arizona, et al.


Mark Simon Davies
Counsel of Record
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Columbia Center
1152 15th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005

mark.davies@orrick.com
Ph: 202-339-8631
Party name: Former Student-Athletes


Jessica Lynn Ellsworth
Counsel of Record
Hogan Lovells US, LLP
555 13th Street, N. W.
Washington, DC 20004

jessica.ellsworth@hoganlovells.com
Ph: 202-637-5886
Party name: American Council on Education and Ten Other Higher Education Associations


Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: United States


Lisa Marie Geary
Counsel of Record
RMP LLP
5519 Hackett Road
Suite 300
Springdale, AR 72762

lgeary@rmp.law
Ph: (479) 443-2705
Party name: 65 Professors of Law, Business, Economics, and Sports Management


Jay L. Himes
Counsel of Record
Labaton Sucharow, LLP
140 Broadway
New York, NY 10005

jhimes@labaton.com
Ph: 212-907-0834
Party name: Open Markets Institute, et al.


Erik S. Jaffe
Counsel of Record
Schaerr | Jaffe LLP
1717 K Street, N.W., Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006

ejaffe@schaerr-jaffe.com
Ph: 202-787-1060
Party name: Historians


Robert Samuel Kitchenoff
Counsel of Record
Weinstein Kitchenoff & Asher LLC
150 Monument Road, Suite 107
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004

kitchenoff@wka-law.com
Ph: 2155457200
Party name: The Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws


Jonathan S. Massey
Counsel of Record
Massey & Gail LLP
1000 Maine Avenue SW
Suite 450
Washington, DC 20024

jmassey@masseygail.com
Ph: 202-652-4511
Party name: O'Bannon Plaintiff Class Representatives


Anita M. Moorman
Counsel of Record
Sport Administration Program, Univ. of Louisville
SAC East, Suite 104R
Louisville, KY 40292

amm@louisville.edu
Ph: 5028520553
Party name: Sam C. Ehrlich


Thomas Benjamin Nachbar
Counsel of Record
University of Virginia School of Law
580 Massie Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903

tnachbar@law.virginia.edu
Ph: 4349247588
Party name: Thomas B. Nachbar


Bruce Davidson Oakley
Counsel of Record
Hogan Lovells US LLP
609 Main Street
Suite 4200
Houston, TX 77002-2781

Bruce.Oakley@hoganlovells.com
Ph: (713) 632-1420
Party name: Antitrust Economists


Jack Edward Pace III
Counsel of Record
White & Case LLP
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020

jpace@whitecase.com
Ph: (212) 819-8200
Party name: Antitrust Law And Business School Professors


Andrew Alan Pinson
Counsel of Record
Office of the Georgia Attorney General
40 Capital Square SW
Atlanta, GA 30334-1300

apinson@law.ga.gov
Ph: 404-458-3409
Party name: Georgia, et al.


James W. Quinn
Counsel of Record
Berg & Androphy
120 West 45th Street
38th Floor
New York, NY 10036

jquinn@bafirm.com
Ph: 6467660073
Party name: Former NCAA Executives


Seth Rosenthal
Counsel of Record
Venable LLP
600 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001

sarosenthal@venable.com
Ph: (202) 344-4000
Party name: Dr. Ellen J. Staurowsky, Dr. Eddie Comeaux, et al.


Andrew Arthur Schmidt
Counsel of Record
Towards Justice
2840 Fairfax Street
Suite 220
Denver, CO 80207

andy@maineworkerjustice.com
Ph: (720) 441-2236
Party name: Advocates for Minor Leaguers


Randy M. Stutz
Counsel of Record
American Antitrust Institute
1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20036

rstutz@antitrustinstitute.org
Ph: 2029055420
Party name: American Antitrust Institute


Yen-Shyang Tseng
Counsel of Record
Horvitz & Levy LLP
3601 W. Olive Ave.
8th Fl.
Burbank, CA 91505

ytseng@horvitzlevy.com
Ph: 818-995-0800
Party name: National Federation Of State High School Associations


Andrew S. Tulumello
Counsel of Record
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

atulumello@gibsondunn.com
Ph: 202-955-8657
Party name: Players Associations of the National Football League, et al.


Daniel John Walker
Counsel of Record
Berger Montague PC
2001 Pennsylvania Ave., Suite 300
Washington, DC 20912

dwalker@bm.net
Ph: 202-559-9745
Party name: Sports Economists