Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, Appellees v. National Collegiate Athletic Association Et…

Summary

The court reversed a temporary injunction barring enforcement of the NCAA's coaching-staff limitation, holding that the trial court abused its discretion. The court concluded that the NCAA was subject to judicial scrutiny, that the bylaw was not a per se restraint but was reasonable under the rule of reason, and that it did not violate due process or Oklahoma's prohibition on unreasonable restraints of trade. Justice Barnes, dissenting, would have upheld the injunction because the bylaw allegedly suppressed competition without sufficient economic or athletic justification.