United States Second Circuit

In an underlying lawsuit for breach of contract seeking enforcement of an alleged contractual provision giving plaintiff "first right to acquire" exclusive sponsorship rights for the World Cup, appeal of denial of non-party's motion to dismiss for failure to join a necessary and indispensable party, and denial of motion to intervene, are dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/18/2006
• Published 12/19/2006

Judges

• POOLER, Circuit Judge., Before MINER, POOLER, and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Marc E. Ackerman, White & Case LLP (Daren M. Orzechowski, White & Case LLP, and Jay G. Safer, Lord, Bissell & Brook LLP, on the brief), New York, N.Y. for Non-Party-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Martin S. Hyman, Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP, New York, N.Y. (Adam C. Silverstein, Elizabeth A. Jaffe, Shira Franco, Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP, New York, N.Y. and Noah Hanft, Eileen Simon, Cheryl Givner, Mastercard International Incorporated, Purchase, NY, on the brief) for Plaintiff-Appellee.