National Collegiate Athletic Assn. v. Alston

Decided June 21, 2021. Neil M. Gorsuch delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 20-512 · 594 U.S. 69 (2021) · Cited 85 times

Holding

The district court’s injunction pertaining to certain NCAA rules limiting the education-related benefits schools may make available to student-athletes is consistent with established antitrust principles.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).

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.

• National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma · 468 U.S. 85 (1984)
• Verizon Communications Inc. v. Law Offices of Curtis v. Trinko, LLP · 540 U.S. 398 (2004)
• National Society of Professional Engineers v. United States · 435 U.S. 679 (1978)
• Texaco Inc. v. Dagher · 547 U.S. 1 (2006)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Superior Court Trial Lawyers Ass'n · 493 U.S. 411 (1990)
• California Dental Ass'n v. Federal Trade Commission · 526 U.S. 756 (1999)
• Copperweld Corp. v. Independence Tube Corp. · 467 U.S. 752 (1984)
• Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc. · 551 U.S. 877 (2007)
• Radovich v. National Football League · 352 U.S. 445 (1957)
• Flood v. Kuhn · 407 U.S. 258 (1972)
• Federal Baseball Club of Baltimore, Inc. v. National League of Professional Baseball Clubs · 259 U.S. 200 (1922)
• Brown v. Allen · 344 U.S. 443 (1953)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Continental T. v. Inc. v. GTE Sylvania Inc. · 433 U.S. 36 (1977)
• Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. · 441 U.S. 1 (1979)
• Mandeville Island Farms, Inc. v. American Crystal Sugar Co. · 334 U.S. 219 (1948)
• Brown v. Pro Football, Inc. · 518 U.S. 231 (1996)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2021). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-08-15. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).