United States Second Circuit

Under New York law, waiting 30 months after signing a release of anti-trust claims is too long to claim that the release was signed under economic duress.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/03/2000
• Decided 03/14/2001
• Published 03/14/2001

Judges

• SACK, Circuit Judge:, Before:  OAKES, CABRANES, and SACK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Steven R. Kuney,Williams & Connolly, Washington DC (Mark S. Levinstein, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, of counsel;  Robert M. Heller, Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, NY, of counsel), for Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellants., Gregg H. Levy, Covington & Burling, (Sonya D. Winner, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, of counsel;  Shepard Goldfein, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York, NY, of counsel), for Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees., Allen G. Reiter, Cooperman Levitt Winikoff Lester & Newman, PC, New York, NY;  Terrance E. Schmidt, Bledsoe, Schmidt, Lippes, Moonly & Roberson, PA, Jacksonville, FL, for Defendant-Appellee Touchdown Jacksonville, Inc., Steven A. Werber, Foley & Lardner, Jacksonville, FL, for Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee Jacksonville Jaguars, Ltd., f/k/a Touchdown Jacksonville, Ltd.