CAS 2016/H/027 Fédération Française de Natation (FFN), Aurélie Muller, Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français (CNOSF) v. Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA)
Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 19/08/2016
Why it matters
Fédération Française de Natation (FFN), Aurélie Muller, Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français (CNOSF) v. Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA), a disciplinary case in aquatics decided by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, the final tribunal of world sport. The Court held that the appeal was dismissed. For a student, it shows how CAS reviews disciplinary sanctions imposed by a federation, checking both the finding and the proportionality of the penalty.
Summary
Fédération Française de Natation (FFN), Aurélie Muller, Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français (CNOSF) v. Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA): a disciplinary case in aquatics before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 19/08/2016. The Court held that the appeal was dismissed. The full award is available from CAS.
The detail
Parties: Fédération Française de Natation (FFN), Aurélie Muller, Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français (CNOSF) v. Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA)
Case number: CAS 2016/H/027
Outcome: Dismissed
Applicable law: The relevant federation regulations; Swiss law; the CAS Code.
Issues in play: a disciplinary case
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