Tim Murphy

September 28, 2010

Legal Brief # 1

Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) vs. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

Case Number: 735 F.2d577Argued: January 11, 1984Decided: May 18, 1984

The Case

(P): AIAW(D): NCAA

Presentation of Counsel and Judges

Case decided by per curiam.

Counsel and Judges

AIAW vs. NCAA

AIAW

Backgrou

nd

Informati

on

Filed Suit

-Sherman Act

-Unlawful

Conduct

-Monopoly Power

Sherman Act

- 3 Sections

NCAA's Defense

- Non-profit

status

NCAA’s pricing and distribution practices not exclusionary.

NCAA did not conspire to acquire control of a market.

NCAA’s actions were not coercive

The Decision