American Needle, Inc. v. National Football League

American Needle v. NFL
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 13, 2010 Decided May 24, 2010
Full case name	American Needle, Inc., Petitioner v. National Football League, et al.
Docket no.	08-661
Citations	560 U.S. 183 (more) 130 S. Ct. 2201; 176 L. Ed. 2d 947; 94 U.S.P.Q.2d 1673
Case history
Prior	538 F.3d 736, 88 U.S.P.Q.2d 1358 (7th Cir. 2008)
Holding
The National Football League's licensing of intellectual property in this case constitutes concerted action that is not categorically beyond Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act's coverage. The judgment of the Seventh Circuit is reversed.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Antonin Scalia Anthony Kennedy · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor
Case opinion
Majority	Stevens, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Sherman Antitrust Act

American Needle, Inc. v. National Football League, 560 U.S. 183 (2010), was a United States Supreme Court case regarding the ability of teams in the National Football League to conspire for purposes of a violation of §1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act.