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· 2/23/1984

Robert Spath v. National Collegiate Athletic Association

Citations

  • 728 F.2d 25
  • 16 Educ. L. Rep. 402
  • 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 25196

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that even if a scholarship did represent a property interest, “[a plaintiff] must allege a deprivation of his property without due process after he accepted his [ ] scholarship”
  • refusing to recognize a “right to play” hockey
  • “substance must prevail over nomenclature” in determining appealability

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Judges: Coffin, Aldrich, Gignoux

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