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US v. WELCH

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sports Law
All substantive counts of an indictment alleging bribery-related criminal misconduct against a city's Olympic bid committee officials were sufficient,...

FRIENDS OF THE PARKS v. CHICAGO PARKS DIST.

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Sports Law
Legislation permitting the public financing of physical improvements to certain sports facilities, section 3 of the Illinois Sports Facilities...

NAT'L HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYERS' ASS'N v. PLYMOUTH WHALERS HOCKEY CLUB

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies, Sports Law
A preliminary injunction alleging that hockey leagues conspired to violate the Sherman Antitrust Act is reversed, where plaintiffs failed to establish...

E. COAST HOCKEY LEAGUE,INC. v. PROF'L HOCKEY PLAYERS ASS'N

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Sports Law
Disputes between a labor organization and a professional sports league, surrounding alleged salary cap violations and a player's suspension, were...

FOX SPORTS NET NORTH, LLC v. MINNESOTA TWINS P'SHIP

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Sports Law
An agreement governing telecast rights to a professional baseball team's games was unambiguous under Minnesota law, and by extending the lease, the...

MILENBACH v. COMM'R OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Banking Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Sports Law, Tax Law
In challenges to Tax Court decisions regarding transactions related to the relocation of a professional sports team, a settlement represented recovery...

TRINKLE v. CALIFORNIA STATE LOTTERY

Consumer Protection Law, Sports Law
The mere use of electronic vending machines to dispense lottery tickets does not transform the lawful sale of lottery tickets into an unlawful use of...

BENNETT v. HIDDEN VALLEY GOLF & SKI, INC.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Sports Law
Under Missouri law, a voluntary skier assumes the risks inherent in or incidental to skiing, regardless of subjective knowledge of those risks....

SANCHEZ v. HILLERICH & BRADSBY CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Sports Law, Product Liability
In a suit against a baseball bat manufacturer, plaintiff presented sufficient evidence to establish that use of a particular bat significantly...

NEMARNIK v. LOS ANGELES KINGS HOCKEY CLUB, L.P.

Injury & Tort Law, Sports Law
Defendants were immune from liability, under the primary assumption of risk defense, to a claim for injuries sustained by a spectator when she was...