Haywood v. National Basketball Association
| Haywood v. N.B.A. | |
|---|---|
| Decided March 1, 1971 | |
| Full case name | In re Spencer Haywood v. National Basketball Association |
| Citations | 401 U.S. 1204 (more) 91 S. Ct. 672; 28 L. Ed. 2d 206 |
| Holding | |
| Haywood was granted an injunction pendente lite which allowed him to play for Seattle and forbade the NBA to impose sanctions on the Seattle team. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Douglas |
| All other justices took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
| Laws applied | |
| Sherman Antitrust Act | |
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Haywood v. National Basketball Association, 401 U.S. 1204 (1971), was a U.S. Supreme Court decision that ruled against the NBA's requirement that a player could not be drafted by an NBA team until four years after graduating from high school. Justice Douglas, in an in-chambers opinion, allowed Spencer Haywood to play in the NBA temporarily until the litigation could proceed further. The case was settled out of court, Haywood continued playing, and the NBA modified its four-year rule to allow players to enter the league early in cases of "hardship".