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Supreme Court rules NFL teams not single entity for antitrust purposes
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday ruled unanimously in American Needle v. NFL [Cornell LII backgrounder; JURIST report] that the National Football League (NFL) and its member teams are not a single entity that (More) |
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Supreme Court hears arguments in NFL antitrust case
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] heard oral arguments [day call, PDF; merit briefs] Wednesday in two cases. In American Needle Inc. v. NFL [oral arguments transcript, PDF; JURIST report], the Court heard arguments on whet (More) |
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Justice for All: Automatically Restoring the Rights of Ex-Felons
JURIST Guest Columnist S. David Mitchell of the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law says that in light of the disproportionate and disparate effects of felon exclusion laws on individuals and their communities, ex-felons should have their r (More) |
Treaty relinquishing Panama Canal signed
On September 7, 1977, US President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian Chief of Government Omar Torrijos signed the Panama Canal Treaty relinquishing American control over the canal effective in the year 2000.
