Did the labor dispute between the Players and the League ...

[RRMR]

Did the labor dispute between the Players and the League disappear when the players decertified as a union and elected to pursue the dispute through antitrust litigation rather than collective bargaining?

Question 2

Must there be a duly certified union in order to have a labor dispute under the Norris-LaGuardia Act?

[Ptupou85]

Answer to Question 1

Whatever the effect of the union's decertification may have on the League's immunity from antitrust liability, the labor dispute did not suddenly disappear just because the Players elected to pursue the dispute through antitrust litigation rather than collective bargaining.

Answer to Question 2

The text of the Norris-LaGuardia Act and the cases interpreting the term labor disputedo not require the present existence of a union to establish a labor dispute.

[RRMR]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[ricroger]

Great answer, keep it coming