MORSANI v. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

No. 94-01780.

663 So.2d 653 (1995)

Frank L. MORSANI, individually and for the use and benefit of Tampa Bay Baseball Group, Inc. and Tampa Bay Baseball Group, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellants, v. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL; Bowie Kuhn; Peter V. Ueberroth; Edwin M. Durso; Francis T. Vincent, Jr.; National League of Professional Baseball Clubs; Charles S. Feeney; William D. White; American League of Professional Baseball Clubs; Leland S. MacPhail, Jr.; Robert W. Brown, M.D.; National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, Inc., a Florida Corporation; Atlanta National League Baseball Club, Inc., d/b/a Atlanta Braves; Chicago National League Ball Club, Inc., d/b/a Chicago Cubs; the Cincinnati Reds, d/b/a Cincinnati Reds; Florida Marlins, Inc., d/b/a Florida Marlins, a Florida Corporation; Harry Wayne Huizenga; Blockbuster Entertainment Corp., a Delaware Corporation registered to do business in Florida; Houston Sports Association, Inc., d/b/a Houston Astros; Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc., d/b/a Los Angeles Dodgers; Peter O'Malley; Montreal Baseball Club, Ltd., d/b/a Montreal Expos; Sterling Doubleday Enterprises, L.P., d/b/a New York Mets; Fred Wilpon; the Phillies, d/b/a Philadelphia Phillies; Bill Giles; Pittsburgh Associates, d/b/a Pittsburgh Pirates; Douglas D. Danforth; Carl F. Barger; St. Louis Baseball Club, Inc., d/b/a St. Louis Cardinals; Fred L. Kuhlmann; San Diego National League Baseball Club, Inc., d/b/a San Diego Padres; Lurie Sports, Inc., d/b/a San Francisco Giants; the Orioles, Inc., d/b/a Baltimore Orioles; Boston Red Sox Baseball Club, d/b/a Boston Red Sox; Haywood Sullivan; Golden West Baseball Company, d/b/a California Angels; Chicago White Sox; Jerry M. Reinsdorf; Cleveland Indians Baseball Co., d/b/a Cleveland Indians; Detroit Baseball Club, Inc., d/b/a Detroit Tigers; Kansas City Royals Baseball Corp., d/b/a Kansas City Royals; Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, d/b/a Milwaukee Brewers; Alan H. Selig; Minnesota Twins Partnership, d/b/a Minnesota Twins; MTI Acquiring Co.; Carl Pohlad; Minnesota Twins, Inc., d/b/a Minnesota Twins Baseball Club, a/k/a Minnesota Twins; Calvin R. Griffith; Thelma Griffith Haynes; Peter Dorsey; Peter Dorsey, P.A.; New York Yankees, Inc., d/b/a New York Yankees; George M. Steinbrenner; Oakland Athletics Baseball Company, d/b/a Oakland Athletics; the Baseball Club of Seattle, Inc., d/b/a Seattle Mariners; Texas Rangers, Ltd., d/b/a Texas Rangers; Eddie Chiles; Edward Gaylord; Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Club, d/b/a Toronto Blue Jays, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied November 30, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel D. Eaton of Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin & Perwin, P.A., Miami, and Cunningham Law Group, P.A., Tampa, for Appellants.

John W. Foster, Sr. of Baker & Hostetler, Orlando, for Appellees.

Ben J. Hayes, St. Petersburg and Douglas E. Hart of Frost & Jacobs, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellee National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, Inc.


RYDER, Acting Chief Judge.

Frank Morsani and the Tampa Bay Baseball Group (TBBG) seek review of the trial court's dismissal of their complaint alleging tortious interference with advantageous contractual and business relationships and antitrust violations in connection with their attempt to acquire a major league baseball team. We hold that the trial court erred in its dismissal for failure to state a cause of action for tortious interference because the complaint...

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