Cite this page: Messersmith Arbitration (1975)

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Primary citation: Case caption: 'In the Matter of Professional Baseball Clubs (Twelve Clubs) and the Major League Baseball Players Association.' Affirmed on judicial review: Kansas City Royals Baseball Corp. v. MLBPA, 409 F. Supp. 233 (W.D. Mo. 1976), aff'd 532 F.2d 615 (8th Cir. 1976) — both rulings in this collection folder.

Per archive standards, citations are emitted only from fields that are actually populated in the metadata. Styles that require data not on file are omitted rather than synthesized.

Bluebook

In re Twelve Clubs (Messersmith-McNally Arbitration), 66 Lab. Arb. Rep. (BNA) 101 (Seitz, Arb. 1975)

BibTeX

@misc{1975_arbitration_messersmith-mcnally/README,
  title = {Messersmith-McNally Arbitration (1975) — Peter Seitz Award (collection-level metadata)},
  year = {1975},
  author = {Peter M. Seitz (permanent arbitrator under the 1973 Basic Agreement), Andy Messersmith (Los Angeles Dodgers) and Dave McNally (Montreal Expos), represented by the MLBPA, Major League Baseball Players Association (Marvin Miller, Executive Director; Dick Moss, counsel), and The Twelve Major League Clubs (Player Relations Committee; John Gaherin, negotiator; Louis Hoynes, NL counsel)},
  urldate = {2026-05-18}
}

Archive citation

Baseball Documents Archive, "Messersmith Arbitration (1975)", slug 1975_arbitration_messersmith-mcnally/README, retrieved 2026-05-18.

Cite this archived version

Case caption: 'In the Matter of Professional Baseball Clubs (Twelve Clubs) and the Major League Baseball Players Association.' Affirmed on judicial review: Kansas City Royals Baseball Corp. v. MLBPA, 409 F. Supp. 233 (W.D. Mo. 1976), aff'd 532 F.2d 615 (8th Cir. 1976) — both rulings in this collection folder.. Baseball Documents Archive, slug 1975_arbitration_messersmith-mcnally/README. retrieved 2026-05-18.

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