U.S. Supreme Court
May 31, 2012
Flood v. Kuhn Part 1: the 40th anniversary of justice versus the law
Curt Flood's Supreme Court case was the beginning of the end of the Big League's infamous "reserve clause." By Dan Lawton of Lawton Law Firm
Next month marks the 40-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Flood v. Kuhn, 407 U.S. 258 (1972). Plenty has been written about the case. It was the beginning of the end of baseball's notorious "reserve clause." It reflected racial politics in America at the time. It embodied the exemption of baseball from the antitrust laws, an exemption not bestowed on any other professional sport.
To me, the c...
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