National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma et al.

Decided June 27, 1984. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 83-271 · 468 U.S. 85 (1984) · Cited 776 times

Holding

The NCAA's television plan violates 1 of the Sherman Act.

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court — read the official opinion for authority.

How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

“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.

• National Society of Professional Engineers v. United States · 435 U.S. 679 (1978)
• Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 2 v. Hyde · 466 U.S. 2 (1984)
• Arizona v. Maricopa County Medical Society · 457 U.S. 332 (1982)
• 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)
• Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar · 421 U.S. 773 (1975)
• Times-Picayune Publishing Co. v. United States · 345 U.S. 594 (1953)
• United States v. Topco Associates, Inc. · 405 U.S. 596 (1972)
• International Boxing Club of New York, Inc. v. United States · 358 U.S. 242 (1959)
• United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · 310 U.S. 150 (1940)
• Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United States · 356 U.S. 1 (1958)
• United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · 351 U.S. 377 (1956)
• Catalano, Inc. v. Target Sales, Inc. · 446 U.S. 643 (1980)
• United States v. Sealy, Inc. · 388 U.S. 350 (1967)
• United States v. Grinnell Corp. · 384 U.S. 563 (1966)
• Brunswick Corp. v. Pueblo Bowl-O-Mat, Inc. · 429 U.S. 477 (1977)
• Reiter v. Sonotone Corp. · 442 U.S. 330 (1979)
• United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Assn. · 166 U.S. 290 (1897)
• United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. · 334 U.S. 131 (1948)
• Silver v. New York Stock Exchange · 373 U.S. 341 (1963)
• Fashion Originators' Guild of America, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission · 312 U.S. 457 (1941)
• White Motor Co. v. United States · 372 U.S. 253 (1963)
• Fortner Enterprises, Inc. v. United States Steel Corp. · 394 U.S. 495 (1969)
• Kiefer-Stewart Co. v. Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. · 340 U.S. 211 (1951)
• United States v. Griffith · 334 U.S. 100 (1948)
• United States v. Trenton Potteries Co. · 273 U.S. 392 (1927)
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Inc. v. Hydrolevel Corp. · 456 U.S. 556 (1982)
• Rogers v. Lodge · 458 U.S. 613 (1982)
• Community Communications Co. v. City of Boulder · 455 U.S. 40 (1982)
• Timken Roller Bearing Co. v. United States · 341 U.S. 593 (1951)

Cited by

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• National Collegiate Athletic Assn. v. Alston · 594 U.S. 69 (2021)
• California Dental Ass'n v. Federal Trade Commission · 526 U.S. 756 (1999)
• Atlantic Richfield Co. v. USA Petroleum Co. · 495 U.S. 328 (1990)
• Northwest Wholesale Stationers, Inc. v. Pacific Stationery & Printing Co. · 472 U.S. 284 (1985)
• Eastman Kodak Co. v. Image Technical Services, Inc. · 504 U.S. 451 (1992)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Indiana Federation of Dentists · 476 U.S. 447 (1986)
• Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc. · 551 U.S. 877 (2007)
• Business Electronics Corp. v. Sharp Electronics Corp. · 485 U.S. 717 (1988)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Superior Court Trial Lawyers Ass'n · 493 U.S. 411 (1990)
• Brown v. Pro Football, Inc. · 518 U.S. 231 (1996)
• Professional Real Estate Investors, Inc. v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. · 508 U.S. 49 (1993)
• Brooke Group Ltd. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. · 509 U.S. 209 (1993)
• Local 28 of the Sheet Metal Workers' International Ass'n v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 478 U.S. 421 (1986)
• Aspen Skiing Co. v. Aspen Highlands Skiing Corp. · 472 U.S. 585 (1985)
• National Collegiate Athletic Assn. v. Tarkanian · 488 U.S. 179 (1988)
• Camps Newfound/Owatonna, Inc. v. Town of Harrison · 520 U.S. 564 (1997)
• Nynex Corp. v. Discon, Inc. · 525 U.S. 128 (1998)
• Texaco Inc. v. Dagher · 547 U.S. 1 (2006)

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