all - Opinion Summaries

National Football League v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Sports Law
In action by plaintiffs NFL and NFL Properties for declaratory relief judgment regarding the coverage duties of defendant-insurance carriers pursuant...

Hart v. Electronic Arts, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law, Sports Law, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law
Summary judgment for defendant on plaintiff's claim that defendant violated his right of publicity for using plaintiff's likeness and biographical...

Frolow v. Wilson Sporting Goods Company

Commercial Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent, Sports Law
Judgment for defendant in suit alleging breach of license agreement and patent infringement involving tennis rackets, is: 1) reversed in part, where...

Covington v. International Association of Approved Basketball Officials

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Sports Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint alleging defendants discriminated against her by excluding her from officiating at boys' high school varsity...

Summa v. Hofstra University

Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law, Sports Law
Summary judgment for defendants dismissing female football coach-plaintiff's suit claiming sexual harassment and retaliation is: 1) reversed on the...

Already, LLC v. Nike, Inc.

Trademark, Sports Law, Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property
In trademark infringement and invalidity dispute, judgment dismissing suit as moot is affirmed, where: 1) under the voluntary cessation doctrine, Nike...

Evans v. Chalmers

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Sports Law
In plaintiffs' suits against a city, various city officials and police officers, alleging defendants mishandled false rape charges made against...

Custodi v. Town of Amherst

Injury & Tort Law, Sports Law
In plaintiff's negligence suit to recover damages for her injuries sustained while rollerblading, the Appellate Division's reversal of the Supreme...

Biediger v. Quinnipiac Univ.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Sports Law
In a suit against a university by female volleyball players and their coach, alleging violation of Title IX for denying women equal varsity athletic...

Matthews v. Nat'l Football League

Labor & Employment Law, Sports Law, Workers' Compensation
District court's judgment denying a former professional football player's motion to vacate an arbitration award, arising from a workers' compensation...