After a victory for the Terrapins at the trial court level, the Court of Appeals reversed and held that baseball was not subject to the roughly 30-year-old Sherman Act because baseball did not constitute …

Jul 12, 2025 · Most professional sports leagues in the United States are subject to these federal regulations, which are primarily outlined in statutes like the Sherman Antitrust Act. However, Major …

Nov 7, 2025 · In 1922, the Supreme Court ruled in Federal Baseball Club v. National League that the Sherman Antitrust Act does not apply to professional baseball, specifically to “ [t]he business [of] …

Jan 15, 2025 · MLB and MLBPA have agreed to seek a limited repeal of the exemption from the Sherman Antitrust Act, which allows baseball players to have the same rights as athletes in other U.S. …

Dec 1, 2025 · In this case, the Court ruled that baseball leagues were not engaging in interstate commerce and therefore were not under congressional jurisdiction (and therefore were not subject to …

Mar 23, 2023 · It's been more than 100 years since the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that professional baseball is exempt from the Sherman Antitrust Act, a law from 1890 aimed at limiting …

Mar 4, 2022 · There’s a common misconception that Major League Baseball was granted its antitrust exemption by Congress, but this isn’t the case. It was entirely due to a Supreme Court decision in 1922.