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Organized Baseball wanted no part of free competition, and it drew the lines of defense around its cartel. The business of the game would have to triumph decisively over dissenters like Hanlon. 5 The Arguments to the Court In its brief to the Supreme Court, the petitioner Baltimore Federal League club made the case for the interstate character of major league baseball. 34 31 Abrams 1998, 155. Federal Baseball Club of Baltimore v National League et al. 259 US 200, 202 (1920). 33 Federal Baseball Club of Baltimore v National League et al.

47 The Supreme Court ultimately overruled Hooper v California in US v. South-Eastern Underwriters Assn 322 US 533 (1944). However, it would never overrule Federal Baseball Club of Baltimore v National League et al. 41 40 R. I. 48 Most have written from the perspective of later history after the Supreme Court dramatically expanded the reach of the Interstate Commerce Clause in response to the legislation of the New Deal. Using this gloss, Federal Baseball is an absurd declaration of limited federal power to regulate businesses that, by their very nature, affect more than one state.

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