Federal Judge Hands NFL a Loss in Antitrust Case

A federal judge from the Northern District of California has denied a motion to dismiss filed by the National Football League, its teams and other defendants in a case in which a plaintiff claimed that the defendants engaged in anticompetitive behavior and entered into agreements in violation of state and federal antitrust laws.   In so ruling, the court found that more discovery was necessary before it could grant such a motion, and that the defendants, which also included NFL Properties a