Publication Date: 2022-07-12
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jon E. Abramczyk, Sabrina M. Hendershot, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Daniel H. Shapira, Robert M. Barnes, Daniel J. Stuart, Marcus & Shapira LLP, Pittsburgh, PA for plaintiff.
for defendant: Kurt M. Heyman, Jamie L. Brown, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Patricia L. Glaser, Craig H. Marcus, Nathaniel Wright, Glaser Weil Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendants.
Case Number: D69882
Professional sports league constitution required arbitration of ownership interest disputes before the league commissioner, and was not superseded by the team owners' partnership agreement since the league was not a party to that partnership agreement.