Patterico's Pontifications

10/16/2007

“It would be strange law that a person would not have a first amendment right to use information that is available to everyone.”

Filed under: Civil Liberties,Constitutional Law,Court Decisions,Law — Justin Levine @ 10:46 am



[posted by Justin Levine]

Indeed. Play ball everybody!

3 Responses to ““It would be strange law that a person would not have a first amendment right to use information that is available to everyone.””

  1. That is an interesting decision, Justin. Thanks for linking it. The legalities of pro sports are so convoluted. After all, where else could you see the league and the players’ union (who jointly prohibit players from taking control of their own careers through legal means) claim in a lawsuit that the players own their own identities.

    DRJ (67ced6) — 10/16/2007 @ 3:55 pm

  2. Woo-hoo!

    This isn’t as good as the district court’s decision – which was a full-on smackdown of MLB – but’s it’s good enough.

    I think the Supremes might take this one; it’s interesting. But I also think we may end up with a 9-0 ruling here; MLB’s in the wrong on this one.

    –JRM

    JRM (355c21) — 10/16/2007 @ 9:10 pm

  3. you can’t fantasize about me unless you pay me a lot of money, it’s against the law!

    assistant devil's advocate (2e1b4f) — 10/17/2007 @ 1:35 am


Powered by WordPress.

Page loaded in: 0.0629 secs.