Federal Baseball Club v. National League

Federal Baseball Club v. National League
Argued April 19, 1922
Decided May 29, 1922
Full case nameFederal Base Ball Club of Baltimore, Inc. v. National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs, et al.
Citations259 U.S. 200 (more)
42 S. Ct. 465; 66 L. Ed. 898
Holding
Major League Baseball is not considered interstate commerce under the Sherman Antitrust Act.
Court membership
Chief Justice
William H. Taft
Associate Justices
Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr.
William R. Day · Willis Van Devanter
Mahlon Pitney · James C. McReynolds
Louis Brandeis · John H. Clarke
Case opinion
MajorityHolmes, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Sherman Antitrust Act

Federal Baseball Club v. National League, 259 U.S. 200 (1922), is a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Sherman Antitrust Act did not apply to Major League Baseball.