Court Hands Cubs a Victory in Dispute with Property Owners

A federal judge from the Northern District of Illinois granted the Chicago Cubs’ motion to dismiss the claim of several property owners near Wrigley Field, who had claimed the Cubs breached the contract between the two parties when it expanded Wrigley Field, which obstructed the plaintiffs’ view. The Cubs also defeated the plaintiffs’ claim that it violated antitrust laws.   The Cubs began playing its home games at Wrigley Field in 1916. Since the stadium’s construction in 1914, the