The USFL antitrust victory produced a three-dollar award
Reporting and findings
- reported
An appeals court affirmed the USFL's nominal one-dollar antitrust award against the NFL, trebled to three dollars, and described Donald Trump as the principal advocate of the USFL strategy to force a merger by moving to a fall schedule.
- United Press International: Appeals court upholds USFL antitrust awardAppellate ruling summary and description of Trump's fall-schedule strategy
Summary and current status
The USFL won a nominal antitrust verdict against the NFL, but the trebled damages were only three dollars; an appeals court affirmed.
Appellate judgment affirmed
People and organizations
- Donald J. TrumpUSFL club owner and strategy advocate
- United States Football League v. National Football Leagueantitrust case
Relationships in this file
- Donald J. Trumpadvocated USFL strategy behind nominal antitrust awardUnited States Football League v. National Football League