New York Federal Court Upholds New York City Prohibition against Metal Bats

By Jarett L. Warner   The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York has held that the New York City Council acted constitutionally in prohibiting the use of metal baseball bats by high school students in competitive baseball games.   In USA Baseball v. City of New York, the plaintiffs (which included coaches and parents of New York City high school baseball players, sporting goods manufacturers, the National High School Baseball Coaches Association and USA Baseb