| Fraser v. Major League Soccer | |
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| Court | United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit |
| Full case name | Iain Fraser; Steve Trittschuh; Sean Bowers; Mark Semioli; Rhett Harty; David Scott Vaudreuil; Mark Dodd; and Mark Dougherty v. Major League Soccer, L.L.C.; Kraft Soccer, L.P.; Anschutz Soccer, Inc.; Anschutz Chicago Soccer, Inc.; South Florida Soccer, L.L.C.; Team Columbus Soccer, L.L.C.; Team Kansas City Soccer, L.L.C.; Los Angeles Soccer Partners, L.P.; Empire Soccer Club, L.P.; Washington Soccer, L.P.; and United States Soccer Federation, Inc. |
| Decided | March 20, 2002 |
| Citation | 284 F.3d 47 |
| Case history | |
| Prior history | 7 F. Supp. 2d 73 (D. Mass. 1998); 180 F.R.D. 178 (D. Mass. 1998); 97 F. Supp. 2d 130 (D. Mass. 2000) |
| Subsequent history | Certiorari denied, 537 U.S. 885 (2002) |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Michael Boudin, Frank M. Coffin, Douglas Preston Woodlock |
| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Boudin |
Fraser v. Major League Soccer, 284 F.3d 47 (1st Cir. 2002),[1] was an antitrust suit filed by eight Major League Soccer players against MLS, the league's investors, and the United States Soccer Federation. The Court of Appeals found that Major League Soccer was a single entity and therefore legally incapable of conspiring with itself.
- ^ Fraser v. Major League Soccer, 284 F.3d 47 (1st Cir. 2002).