Supreme Court of California

In a suit brought by the Oakland Raiders football team against the NFL arising from the Raiders' move to Oakland after development of a new stadium in the L.A. area did not proceed, a court of appeals decision reversing a grant of a new trial for the Raiders following an adverse jury verdict is affirmed where the Raiders failed to meet their burden of showing that the trial court should have granted the motion on the ground of juror misconduct. When a trial court grants a new trial on the ground of jury misconduct and properly specifies the ground for granting the motion, but does not provide a statement of the reasons for granting the new trial on that ground, an independent standard of judicial review applies.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/02/2007
• Published 07/02/2007

Judges

• KENNARD, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin, Jerome B. Falk, Jr., San Francisco;  Kaye Scholer, Larry R. Feldman, Los Angeles, Robert M. Turner, Paul Gelb, Los Angeles;  Arnold & Porter, John J. Quinn, Laurence J. Hutt, Los Angeles;  and Jeffrey E. Birren, Alameda, for Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant., Stephan, Oringher, Richman, Theodora & Miller, Harry W.R. Chamberlain II, Robert M. Dato, Costa Mesa, and Brian P. Barrow for Association of Southern California Defense Counsel as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant., Covington & Burling, Gregg H. Levy;  Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Irving H. Greines;  Ruby & Schofield, Allen J. Ruby, San Jose;  Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Douglas B. Adler, Los Angeles, for Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant and for Defendants and Respondents., Reed Smith, Paul D. Fogel and Dennis Peter Maio for Alameda Contra Costa Trial Lawyers Association, Hinton, Alfert & Sumner and Abbey, Weitzenberg, Warren & Emery as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant., Munger, Toller & Olson and Ronald L. Olson, Los Angeles, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant.