Legal decisions that shaped modern baseball / Patrick K. Thornton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thornton, Patrick K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball--Law and legislation--United States--Cases.

Baseball.

Baseball--Law and legislation.

United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 332 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2012]

Summary:

"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. For each case, the historical and legal significance of the decision is discussed"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Popov v. Hayashi : the legal battle over the Barry Bonds 73rd home run ball

Metropolitan Exhibition Company v. Ward : baseball's first significant legal case

Philadelphia Ball Club v. Lajoie : Napoleon Lajoie bolts to the American League

O'Connor v. St. Louis American League Baseball Co. : the legendary dispute over the 1910 American League batting title

People v. Cicotte : the Black Sox and baseball's most famous trial

Rose v. Giamatti : the all-time hit leader is banned from the game

The arbitration case of John Rocker : John Rocker speaks his mind about race relations

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

Flood v. Kuhn : Curt Flood takes his challenge over baseball's reserve clause to the U.S. Supreme Court

Andy Messersmith/Dave McNally arbitration case : players win their freedom in arbitration

Baseball's collusion cases : free agents take on the owners

Schentzel v. Philadelphia Baseball Club : Benejam v. Detroit Tigers, Inc : a day at the ballpark isn't always a can of corn

C.B.C. Distribution and Marketing v. Major League Baseball Advanced Media : baseball's battle for the box score : a constitutional question

The arbitration case of Steve Howe : testing baseball's patience.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-330) and index.

ISBN:

9780786437801

0786437804

OCLC:

692291493