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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:legal_case
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Curt_Flood_Act_of_1998
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gptkbp:consequences
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limited players' rights
shaped the business of baseball
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gptkbp:court
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gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
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gptkbp:decided_by
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gptkb:legal_case
May 29, 1922
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gptkbp:historical_context
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post-World War I America
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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first major Supreme Court case on sports antitrust
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Federal Baseball Club v. National League
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gptkbp:impact
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led to the establishment of the reserve clause
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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public sentiment towards baseball
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gptkbp:is_cited_in
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259 U. S. 200
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gptkbp:is_involved_in
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gptkb:National_League
Federal Baseball Club
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gptkbp:judges
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gptkb:Justice_William_J._Brennan_Jr.
gptkb:Justice_Benjamin_Cardozo
gptkb:Justice_Felix_Frankfurter
gptkb:Justice_Harlan_Fiske_Stone
Justice William Howard Taft
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gptkbp:judging_criteria
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affirmed lower court's decision
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gptkbp:legal_issue
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antitrust laws
baseball is a game, not a business
early 20th century sports law
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gptkbp:legislation
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gptkb:Sherman_Antitrust_Act
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gptkbp:notable_event
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Flood v. Kuhn
Toolson v. New York Yankees
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gptkbp:outcome
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ruled that baseball is not interstate commerce
upheld the National League's monopoly
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gptkbp:precedent
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subsequent antitrust cases in sports
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gptkbp:public_perception
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gptkb:Justice_Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Jr.
gptkb:Justice_Louis_Brandeis
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gptkbp:significance
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important case in sports law
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