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A Complaint is a legal document filed with a court in order to initiate a lawsuit.
Here is a draft Complaint concerning the exclusion of homeschoolers from public school sports in New Jersey. This is a work-in-progress:
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
Parents of student _______________,
Plaintiff,
v.
New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association,
Defendant.
Civil Action No.
Filed: __________
COMPLAINT FOR EQUITABLE
RELIEF FOR VIOLATION
OF 15 U.S.C § 1,
SHERMAN ANTITRUST ACT
COMPLAINT
Plaintiff ______________ brings this civil action to obtain equitable and other relief against the defendant New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association ("NJSIAA"), and complains as follows:
I.
JURISDICTION AND VENUE
1. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction under Section 4 of the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. § 4) to prevent and restrain violations by the NJSIAA of Section 1 of the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. § 1).
2. The NJSIAA transacts business and is found within the District of New Jersey.
II.
DEFENDANT AND CONSPIRATORS
3. The NJSIAA is the <describe association and its legal status>.
4. Whenever this Complaint refers to any act, deed, or transaction of the NJSIAA, it means that the NJSIAA engaged in the act, deed, or transaction by or through its officers, directors, employees, agents, or other representatives while they actively were engaged in the management, direction, control, or transaction of its business or affairs.
5. Various others, not named as defendants, have participated as conspirators with the NJSIAA in the violations alleged in this Complaint, and have performed acts and made statements to further the conspiracy.
III.
TRADE AND COMMERCE
6. The NJSIAA conducts the <describe sports programs>. <sports programs> is a service industry that, in ____, involved approximately ______ in revenue. The NJSIAA's accrediting activities and operations involve or affect the interstate flow of, and have a substantial effect on, interstate commerce.
IV.
BACKGROUND
...
VI.
EFFECTS
38. The combination and conspiracy has had the following effects, among others:
1. <describe effects>; and
2. Homeschooled athletes have been subjected to a group boycott by NJSIAA-member schools.
VII.
REQUESTED RELIEF
Plaintiff requests permanent injunctive relief enjoining Defendant and other conspirators from engaging in further violations of Section 1 of the Sherman Act.
Dated: ________