California Court of Appeal

In dispute between Plaintiff Oakland Raiders professional football organization and Defendant Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Inc. alleging misrepresentation regarding season ticket sales in order to induce the Raiders to leave Los Angeles and sign a long-term contract to play in Oakland: 1) a multi-million dollar damage award against defendant and denial of attorney fees is vacated; 2) defendant's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict on fraud claim is reversed as the Raiders' conduct amounted to an implied waiver of the claim; and 3) the Raiders' appeal from denial of attorney fees is dismissed as moot.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/17/2006
• Published 11/17/2006

Judges

• BUTZ, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin, Jerome B. Falk, Jr., Kenneth G. Hausman, Douglas A. Winthrop, Jonathan W. Hughes, San Francisco;  Dreyer, Babich, Buccola & Callaham, Roger A. Dreyer, Sacramento;  Oakland Raiders and Jeffrey E. Birren, Alameda, for Plaintiff and Appellant Oakland Raiders.


• For Appellees:
  
• Morrison & Foerster, Shirley M. Hufstedler, Los Angeles, James J. Brosnahan, George C. Harris, Angela L. Padilla, San Francisco, Arturo J. Gonzalez and Melissa Ann Jones, Sacramento, for Defendant and Appellant Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Inc.