The Cubs said Congress made a decision to keep most of the exemption when it passed a 1998 law to let players file antitrust suits.
"Congress explicitly stated that the act leaves this court’s exemption jurisprudence in place in all respects other than major-league player employment," the Cubs and Ricketts argued.
The cases are Right Field Rooftops v. Chicago Cubs Baseball, 17-1074, and Wyckoff v. Office of Commissioner of Baseball, 17-1079.
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