Antony Brown, et al. v. Pro Football, Inc., Dba Washington Redskins, et al.

Decided June 20, 1996. Stephen Gerald Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 95-388 · 518 U.S. 231 (1996) · Cited 100 times

Holding

Federal labor laws shield from antitrust attack an agreement among several employers bargaining together to implement after impasse the terms of their last best good-faith wage offer.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• United Mine Workers v. Pennington · 381 U.S. 657 (1965)
• Local Union No. 189, Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen v. Jewel Tea Co. · 381 U.S. 676 (1965)
• Connell Construction Co. v. Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union No. 100 · 421 U.S. 616 (1975)
• Flood v. Kuhn · 407 U.S. 258 (1972)
• Local 24, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Oliver · 358 U.S. 283 (1959)
• Charles D. Bonanno Linen Service, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 454 U.S. 404 (1982)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Truck Drivers Local Union No. 449 · 353 U.S. 87 (1957)
• Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Massachusetts · 471 U.S. 724 (1985)
• Fort Halifax Packing Co. v. Coyne · 482 U.S. 1 (1987)
• National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma · 468 U.S. 85 (1984)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Brown · 380 U.S. 278 (1965)
• Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. United States · 306 U.S. 208 (1939)
• United States v. Hutcheson · 312 U.S. 219 (1941)
• Radovich v. National Football League · 352 U.S. 445 (1957)
• Ramsey v. United Mine Workers · 401 U.S. 302 (1971)
• San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon · 359 U.S. 236 (1959)
• United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · 310 U.S. 150 (1940)
• Lochner v. New York · 198 U.S. 45 (1905)
• American Tobacco Co. v. United States · 328 U.S. 781 (1946)
• Fibreboard Paper Products Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 379 U.S. 203 (1964)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Katz · 369 U.S. 736 (1962)
• National Society of Professional Engineers v. United States · 435 U.S. 679 (1978)
• Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Chicago River & Indiana Railroad · 353 U.S. 30 (1957)
• American Ship Building Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 380 U.S. 300 (1965)
• United States v. General Motors Corp. · 384 U.S. 127 (1966)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Wooster Division of Borgwarner Corp. · 356 U.S. 342 (1958)
• Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft v. Federal Maritime Commission · 390 U.S. 261 (1968)
• United States v. Masonite Corp. · 316 U.S. 265 (1942)
• United States v. National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. · 422 U.S. 694 (1975)
• Gordon v. New York Stock Exchange, Inc. · 422 U.S. 659 (1975)

Cited by

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• National Collegiate Athletic Assn. v. Alston · 594 U.S. 69 (2021)

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