A federal judge has denied Brigham Young University’s motion for summary judgment in a case where it was sued for negligence in connection with a student athlete’s weight-lifting accident. The court found specifically that questions of fact remained regarding...
A federal judge has denied a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction finding that Chicago Bulls basketball player Ben Gordon, who sued his financial advisors for breach of contract, is entitled to have his case heard by a federal judge in Illinois. ...
The Iowa Supreme Court has reversed the finding of the lower courts, concluding that “a superintendent established just cause by a preponderance of the competent evidence” in recommending that a school board terminate the contract of a coach, who had a history of...
By Irwin A. Kishner, Esq. There is an old saying in professional sports: you play when you’re hurt and sit out only when you’re injured. What happens, though, when athletes are truly injured, and they and their teams disagree on the proper course of...
By andrè douglas pond cummings West Virginia University College of Law March Madness has begun. Our nation’s annual college basketball drama—the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship tournament—will undoubtedly bring its usual drama,...
On remand from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a district court judge has reversed a previous ruling and concluded that the plaintiffs–a team of high school basketball players who protested their coach by declining to board a bus for game–have...
As collegiate athletics becomes more and more like a business, with coaching salaries sky-rocketing and student athletes adopting more serious training regimens, the line between amateur and professional sports is blurring.. For example, college basketball...
Court: Missing a Few Varsity Games at Beginning of a Career Does Not Cause Irreparable Injury A federal court has denied the request of the parents of a high school student athlete to grant a preliminary injunction that would have allowed their son to compete...
A federal judge has sided with the University of Cincinnati and dismissed the claim of several female student athletes, who had alleged that the school was in violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C.§§ 1681-87 and the Fourteenth Amendment...
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a ruling of a lower court that denied injunctive relief to Madison Square Garden, L.P. owner and operator of the New York Rangers hockey team in a dispute over whether the National Hockey League should have control...
