Supreme Court Denies Puerto Rico Baseball Franchisee’s Antitrust Law Petition

( March 2, 2026, 3:03 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on March 2 denied a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by former investor-operators of a Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico baseball club asking whether baseball’s antitrust exemption that was established in a 104-year-old decision and confirmed in rulings in two other cases should be discarded or narrowed to only those three cases in a dispute with the league and a group of teams, corporate entities and leadership....