Ncaa

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

EDWARD C. O’BANNON, JR., On Nos. 14-16601 Behalf of Himself and All Others 14-17068 Similarly Situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 4:09-cv-03329- v. CW

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC

ASSOCIATION, AKA The NCAA, OPINION Defendant-Appellant,

and

ELECTRONIC ARTS, INC.;

COLLEGIATE LICENSING COMPANY,

AKA CLC,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Claudia Wilken, Senior District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 17, 2015—San Francisco, California

Filed September 30, 2015 O’BANNON V. NCAA

Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judge and Gordon J. Quist,* Senior District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Bybee; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Chief Judge Thomas

SUMMARY**

Antitrust

The panel affirmed in part and reversed in part the district court’s judgment after a bench trial in an antitrust suit regarding the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s rules prohibiting student-athletes from being paid for the…