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· 6/7/2001

Rhiannon Tanaka v. University of Southern California Michael Garrett Daryl Gross Pacific-10 Conference National Collegiate Athletic Association

Citations

  • 252 F.3d 1059
  • 2001 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 4649
  • 2001 Daily Journal DAR 5741
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 11837
  • 2001 WL 618599

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that defining a relevant market in terms of reasonable interchangeability “encompasses notions of ... product use, quality, and description”
  • explaining that the anticompetitive effects must be felt in the “relevant market”
  • affirming dismissal of case on grounds that “markets” identified in first amended complaint were not “appropriately defined for antitrust purposes, even at this stage of the litigation”
  • affirming dismissal where plaintiffs failed to identify an appropriate product market
  • UCLA women's soccer program does not constitute its own market because other college programs compete to recruit student-athletes
  • “Failure to identify a relevant market is a proper ground for dismissing a Sherman Act 8 claim.”

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Judges: O'Scannlain, Kleinfeld, Fisher

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