City of San Jose et al v. Office of the Commissioner of Baseball et al

  1. March 02, 2015

    Judge Nixes MLB Bid To Link San Jose, Minor Leaguer Suits

    A class action against Major League Baseball over pay for minor leaguers and an antitrust suit over the relocation of the Oakland Athletics have little in common other than involving the baseball antitrust exemption, a California federal judge said Monday in denying a request from the MLB to relate the two disputes.

  2. February 12, 2015

    MLB Asks Judge To Weigh Tying Player Pay, San Jose Fights

    Major League Baseball urged a California federal judge Wednesday to consider relating a proposed class action brought by several minor league players challenging the MLB's pay rules under the antitrust laws to the dispute between the city of San Jose, California, and the MLB over the league's rules on franchise territories.

  3. October 11, 2013

    San Jose's Antitrust Claims Against MLB Strike Out

    A California federal judge on Friday tossed the bulk of the city of San Jose's suit accusing Major League Baseball of conspiring to prevent the Oakland Athletics from relocating to the city, finding the city's antitrust claims barred by an exemption for baseball.

  4. September 23, 2013

    MLB Says San Jose's Antitrust Suit Swings And Misses

    The city of San Jose is actively ignoring U.S. Supreme Court precedent by attempting to bring an antitrust suit against Major League Baseball over the Oakland Athletics' stalled move to the city, the league told a California federal judge Friday.

  5. September 09, 2013

    San Jose Hits Back At MLB's Bid To Nix Antitrust Suit

    Major League Baseball is leaning on "outdated" precedent to prove they are exempt from federal and state antitrust laws, the city of San Jose said Friday, urging a federal judge not to dismiss their suit over the Oakland Athletics' stalled move to the city.

  6. August 08, 2013

    MLB Calls Foul In Antitrust Suit Over Stalled A's Move

    Major League Baseball asked a California federal judge Wednesday to dismiss the city of San Jose's "absurd" suit over the Oakland Athletics' stalled move to the city, saying the relocation of a baseball franchise is not subject to federal or state antitrust regulations.

  7. June 18, 2013

    San Jose Says MLB Conspired Against Oakland A's Relocation

    San Jose, Calif., officials sued Major League Baseball in California federal court Tuesday, claiming MLB harmed it to the tune of millions of dollars by stalling on an owners' vote on moving the Oakland Athletics to their city and challenging baseball's exemption to federal antitrust laws.

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