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NCAA v. O’Bannon

Petition for certiorari denied on October 3, 2016

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Docket No. Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
15-1388 N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2016

Issue: (1) Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding that NCAA rules defining "the eligibility of participants" in NCAA-sponsored athletic contests, NCAA v. Board of Regents of Univ. of Okla., violated the Sherman Act; and (2) whether the First Amendment protects a speaker against a state-law right-of-publicity claim based on the realistic portrayal of a person in an expressive work (here, a student-athlete in a college-sports videogame).

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
03/02/2016Application (15A913) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 15, 2016 to April 14, 2016, submitted to Justice Kennedy.
03/07/2016Application (15A913) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until April 14, 2016.
04/01/2016Application (15A913) to extend further the time from April 14, 2016 to May 13, 2016, submitted to Justice Kennedy.
04/04/2016Application (15A913) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until May 13, 2016.
05/13/2016Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 15, 2016)
06/06/2016Order extending time to file response to petition to and including July 15, 2016.
06/13/2016Brief amici curiae of 28 Constitutional Law and Intellectual Property Law Professors filed.
06/14/2016Brief amicus curiae of Bar Association of the District of Columbia Antitrust Law Section filed.
06/15/2016Brief amici curiae of Antitrust Scholars filed.
06/15/2016Brief amicus curiae of National Federation of State High School Associations filed.
07/01/2016Brief of respondents Edward C. O'Bannon, et al. in opposition filed.
07/19/2016Reply of petitioner National Collegiate Athletic Association filed.
07/20/2016DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 26, 2016.
10/03/2016Petition DENIED.