Legal Decisions That Shaped Modern Baseball

by Patrick K. Thornton

Overview

This work takes a look at the cases that have had a significant influence on the game of baseball, such as Flood v. Kuhn and Garvey v. MLB, which either made it to the U.S. Supreme Court or brought up major legal issues in baseball. Also included are cases that explore legal issues in baseball but are not as well known and cases that appear in most sports law books. For each case, the historical and legal significance of the decision is discussed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786486335
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	01/10/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	633,474
File size:	5 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

The late Patrick K. Thornton was a professor in the sports management department at Rice University in Houston, Texas.
The late Patrick K. Thornton was a professor in the sports management department at Rice University in Houston, Texas.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
1. Popov v. Hayashi
delete deleteThe Legal Battle Over the Barry Bonds 73rd Home Run Ball
2. Metropolitan Exhibition Company v. Ward
delete deleteBaseball’s First Significant Legal Case
3. Philadelphia Ball Club v. Lajoie
delete deleteNapoleon Lajoie Bolts to the American League
4. O’Connor v. St. Louis American League Baseball
delete deleteThe Legendary Dispute Over the 1910 American League
Batting Title
5. People v. Cicotte
delete deleteThe Black Sox and Baseball’s Most Famous Trial
6. Rose v. Giamatti
delete deleteThe All-Time Hit Leader Is Banned from the Game
7. The Arbitration Case of John Rocker
delete deleteJohn Rocker Speaks His Mind About Race Relations
8. New York State Division of Human Rights v. New York– Pennsylvania Professional Baseball League
Postema v. National League of Professional Baseball Clubs
Bernice Gera and Pam Postema Try to Break Baseball’s Glass Ceiling
9. Flood v. Kuhn
delete deleteCurt Flood Takes His Challenge Over Baseball’s Reserve Clause to the U.S. Supreme Court
10. Andy Messersmith/Dave McNally Arbitration Case
delete delete Players Win Their Freedom in Arbitration
11. Baseball’s Collusion Cases
delete delete Free Agents Take On the Owners
12. Schentzel v. Philadelphia Baseball Club
Benejam v. Detroit Tigers, Inc.
delete delete A Day at the Ballpark Isn’t Always a Can of Corn
13. C.B.C. Distribution and Marketing v. Major League Baseball Advanced Media
delete delete Baseball’s Battle for the Box Score: A Constitutional Question
14. The Arbitration Case of Steve Howe
delete delete Testing Baseball’s Patience
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index