Fraser v. Major League Soccer

Fraser v. Major League Soccer
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(s)	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
Judge(s) 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.