USADA v. Landis

Summary

Floyd Landis, an American cyclist, was accused of doping to win the 2006 Tour de France, after a positive test for synthetic testosterone. He requested an additional test on a backup sample of urine, which tested positive as well. He was suspended from professional cycling and dismissed from his Phonak Cycling Team.

Outcome

Landis was found guilty of doping, and therefore stripped of his title.

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: United States Anti-Doping Agency
Defense: Landis, Floyd

Jurisdiction: American Arbitration Association
Court: Pepperdine University School of Law

Case Number: 30 190 00847 06
Industry: Entertainment
Practice Area: Art, Entertainment and Sports Law, Health Law

Plaintiff

United States Anti-Doping Agency

Defense

Landis, Floyd

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:10	Witness Cross Examination	Suh, Maurice	Shackleton, Dr. Cedric PhD, DSC	In Person
00:02:53	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Young, Richard	Shackleton, Dr. Cedric PhD, DSC	In Person
00:08:32	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Jacobs, Howard	Shackleton, Dr. Cedric PhD, DSC	In Person
00:17:10	Witness Direct Examination	Young, Richard	Brenna, Dr. J.	In Person
01:39:50	Break
02:04:15	Witness Direct Examination	Young, Richard	Brenna, Dr. J.	In Person
02:25:00	Witness Cross Examination	Suh, Maurice	Brenna, Dr. J.	In Person

AM Session

Openings

9 Chapters

MAY

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:11	General Case Activities
00:01:09	Witness Cross Examination	Suh, Maurice	Brenna, Dr. J.	In Person
01:03:18	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Young, Richard	Brenna, Dr. J.	In Person
01:19:45	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Suh, Maurice	Brenna, Dr. J.	In Person
01:20:11	Break
01:41:23	Witness Direct Examination	Dunn, Daniel	Mongongu, Ms. Cynthia	In Person
01:54:48	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:20	General Case Activities
00:05:32	Witness Cross Examination	Jacobs, Howard	Mongongu, Ms. Cynthia	In Person
01:13:58	Break
01:32:55	Witness Cross Examination	Jacobs, Howard	Mongongu, Ms. Cynthia	In Person
02:00:55	Witness Cross Examination	Suh, Maurice	Mongongu, Ms. Cynthia	In Person

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

MAY

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:10	Witness Direct Examination	Barnett, Matthew	LeMond, Mr. Greg	In Person
00:26:45	Witness Cross Examination	Jacobs, Howard	LeMond, Mr. Greg	In Person
00:28:20	Break
01:29:45	Witness Cross Examination	Jacobs, Howard	LeMond, Mr. Greg	In Person
01:36:50	General Case Activities
01:42:32	Witness Direct Examination	Young, Richard	Ayotte, Dr. Christiane	In Person
02:33:35	Break
02:53:05	Witness Direct Examination	Young, Richard	Ayotte, Dr. Christiane	In Person
02:56:50	Witness Cross Examination	Jacobs, Howard	Ayotte, Dr. Christiane	In Person

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:07	General Case Activities
00:04:40	Witness Direct Examination	Dunn, Daniel	Frelat, Ms. Claire	In Person
00:12:37	Witness Cross Examination	Suh, Maurice	Frelat, Ms. Claire	In Person
01:20:30	Break
02:05:35	Witness Cross Examination	Suh, Maurice	Frelat, Ms. Claire	In Person
03:07:03	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Young, Richard	Frelat, Ms. Claire	In Person
03:14:53	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Dunn, Daniel	Frelat, Ms. Claire	In Person
03:24:15	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Suh, Maurice	Frelat, Ms. Claire	In Person
03:27:05	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

PM Session

Other

12 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:52	Witness Direct Examination	Barnett, Matthew	Papp, Mr. Joseph	In Person
00:31:30	Witness Cross Examination	Suh, Maurice	Papp, Mr. Joseph	In Person
00:46:10	Break
01:12:43	Witness Cross Examination	Suh, Maurice	Papp, Mr. Joseph	In Person
01:24:15	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Barnett, Matthew	Papp, Mr. Joseph	In Person
01:26:48	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Suh, Maurice	Papp, Mr. Joseph	In Person
01:30:00	Break
01:35:40	Witness Direct Examination	Jacobs, Howard	Goldberger, Dr. Bruce	In Person
02:53:30	Witness Cross Examination	Young, Richard	Goldberger, Dr. Bruce	In Person
03:15:03	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Jacobs, Howard	Goldberger, Dr. Bruce	In Person
03:17:20	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:30	General Case Activities
00:12:42	Witness Direct Examination	Young, Richard	Schnazer, Dr. Wilhelm	Audio Conference
00:56:57	Witness Cross Examination	Jacobs, Howard	Schnazer, Dr. Wilhelm	Audio Conference
01:02:05	Witness Cross Examination	Suh, Maurice	Schnazer, Dr. Wilhelm	Audio Conference
01:05:42	Break
01:29:32	Witness Cross Examination	Suh, Maurice	Schnazer, Dr. Wilhelm	Audio Conference
02:02:02	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Young, Richard	Schnazer, Dr. Wilhelm	Audio Conference
02:11:07	End of Session

PM Session

Other

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:18	Witness Direct Examination	Young, Richard	Catlin, Dr. Don MD	In Person
00:17:00	Witness Cross Examination	Suh, Maurice	Catlin, Dr. Don MD	In Person
01:10:40	Break
01:34:37	Witness Cross Examination	Suh, Maurice	Catlin, Dr. Don MD	In Person
01:40:55	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Young, Richard	Catlin, Dr. Don MD	In Person
02:02:01	Witness Direct Examination	Jacobs, Howard	Landis, Mr. Floyd	In Person
03:18:00	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:15	Witness Cross Examination	Young, Richard	Meier-Augenstein, Dr. Wolfram BSc, PhD.	In Person
01:33:20	Break
01:56:10	Witness Direct Examination	Jacobs, Howard	Amory, Dr. John MD	In Person
02:53:31	Witness Cross Examination	Young, Richard	Amory, Dr. John MD	In Person
03:20:40	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Jacobs, Howard	Amory, Dr. John MD	In Person
03:32:00	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Young, Richard	Amory, Dr. John MD	In Person
03:38:53	General Case Activities
03:41:18	End of Session

MAY

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:10	General Case Activities
00:01:50	Witness Cross Examination	Barnett, Matthew	Landis, Mr. Floyd	In Person
01:21:47	Break
02:04:10	Witness Cross Examination	Barnett, Matthew	Landis, Mr. Floyd	In Person
02:09:20	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Jacobs, Howard	Landis, Mr. Floyd	In Person
02:18:06	End of Session

MAY

PM Session

Closings

9 Chapters

AM Session

Other

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:20	General Case Activities
00:03:48	Witness Direct Examination	Jacobs, Howard	Davis, Dr. Simon	In Person
00:30:30	Witness Cross Examination	Young, Richard	Davis, Dr. Simon	In Person
00:52:20	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Jacobs, Howard	Davis, Dr. Simon	In Person
01:06:25	General Case Activities		Davis, Dr. Simon	In Person
01:10:35	Break
01:36:24	General Case Activities
01:37:40	Witness Direct Examination	Young, Richard	Brenna, Dr. J.	In Person
02:34:45	End of Session

MAY

USADA v. Landis

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:12	General Case Activities
00:01:41	General Case Activities
00:06:31	Opening Statement	Young, Richard
00:26:23	General Case Activities	Jacobs, Howard
00:33:49	Opening Statement	Suh, Maurice
00:55:52	Break
01:18:44	Witness Direct Examination	Young, Richard	Shackleton, Dr. Cedric PhD, DSC	In Person
01:56:14	Witness Cross Examination	Jacobs, Howard	Shackleton, Dr. Cedric PhD, DSC	In Person
02:22:14	Witness Cross Examination	Suh, Maurice	Shackleton, Dr. Cedric PhD, DSC	In Person

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:03	Witness Cross Examination	Suh, Maurice	Mongongu, Ms. Cynthia	In Person
01:14:30	General Case Activities
01:22:30	Break
01:48:20	Witness Cross Examination	Suh, Maurice	Mongongu, Ms. Cynthia	In Person
02:13:40	Break
02:38:10	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Young, Richard	Mongongu, Ms. Cynthia	In Person
02:58:12	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Suh, Maurice	Mongongu, Ms. Cynthia	In Person
03:02:07	General Case Activities
03:16:33	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:10	General Case Activities
00:02:00	Witness Cross Examination	Suh, Maurice	Ayotte, Dr. Christiane	In Person
00:52:35	Break
01:28:35	General Case Activities
01:31:20	Witness Cross Examination	Suh, Maurice	Buisson, Dr. Corrine	In Person
02:09:15	Break
02:16:33	Witness Cross Examination	Jacobs, Howard	Ayotte, Dr. Christiane	In Person
03:06:35	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:29	General Case Activities
00:02:10	Witness Direct Examination	Suh, Maurice	Meier-Augenstein, Dr. Wolfram BSc, PhD.	In Person
00:29:10	Break
00:53:43	Witness Direct Examination	Suh, Maurice	Meier-Augenstein, Dr. Wolfram BSc, PhD.	In Person
01:12:15	Break
01:44:30	Witness Direct Examination	Suh, Maurice	Meier-Augenstein, Dr. Wolfram BSc, PhD.	In Person
03:14:45	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:09	General Case Activities
00:06:40	Witness Direct Examination	Suh, Maurice	Davis, Dr. Simon	In Person
01:32:44	Break
01:52:19	Witness Direct Examination	Suh, Maurice	Davis, Dr. Simon	In Person
02:16:54	Break
02:29:34	Witness Direct Examination	Suh, Maurice	Davis, Dr. Simon	In Person
03:05:34	End of Session