Judge: Res Judicata Doesn’t Bar Student-Athletes’ Injunctive Relief Claim

(April 2, 2018, 2:37 PM EDT) -- ALAMEDA, Calif. — Current and former college athletes may largely proceed with their injunctive relief claim challenging caps on certain benefits they can receive, a federal judge in California held March 28, finding that the present case is not barred by a previous case regarding student-athlete compensation because the earlier case involved sufficiently different issues (In re: National Collegiate Athletic Association Athletic Grant-in-Aid Cap Antitrust Litigation, Nos. 14-2541, 14-2558, N.D. Calif.)....

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