Gretchen DUMAS, as Guardian ad litem for Nicholas Chaset, and Irene Torres, as Guardian ad litem for Jon Rodriques, On Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs,
v.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PROPERTIES, INC., Major League Baseball Players Association, NBA Properties, Inc., National Football League Players Association d/b/a NFL Players, Inc., and Players, Inc., National Hockey League Enterprises, NHL Players Association and The Walt Disney Company, Defendants.
United States District Court, S.D. California.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 14, 1999.
May 14, 1999.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Kevin P. Roddy, Los Angeles, CA, William S. Lerach, Alan M. Mansfield, Randall J. Baron, James Swiderski, San Diego, CA, Melvyn I. Weiss, Micheal C. Spencer, New York City, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, Neil J. Moritt, Alan S. Hock, Moritt, Hock & Hamroff, Garden City, NY, Henry R. Rossbacher, Rossbacher & Associates, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiffs.
K. Jill Osmars, Duckor Spradling & Metzger, San Diego, CA, Bruce S. Meyer, Michael Bresnick, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York City, for National Football League Players Association.
Douglas B. Adler, Mark A. Snyder, Los Angeles, CA, Shepard Goldfein, Peter S. Julian, New York City, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, for Major League Baseball Properties, Inc., National Football League Properties, Inc, NBA Properties, Inc., and NHL Enterprises, L.P.
Michael Lipman, Coughlan, Semmer & Lipman, LLP, San Diego, CA, Harold F. McGuire, Jr., McGuire, Kehl & Nealon, LLP, New York City, Steven A. Fehr, Jolley Walsh Hurley Raisher & Roher, P.C., Kansas City, MO, for Major League Baseball Players Association.
Edward J. McIntyre, Solomon Ward Seidenwurm & Smith, LLP, San Diego, CA, John McCambridge, Michael P. Conway, Darlene K. Alt, Grippo & Elden, Chicago, IL, for National Hockey League Players Association.
Linda Dakin-Grimm, Los Angeles, CA, Eric J. Lobenfeld, New York City, Chadbourne & Parke, LLP, for The Walt Disney Company.
United States District Court, S.D. California.
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS PURSUANT TO FED.R.CIV.P. 12(b)(6)
BREWSTER, Senior District Judge.
I. Introduction
This case raises the question whether licensors of intellectual property may be liable for the subsequent use of that property by manufacturers in a practice — the use of "chase" or "insert" cards — that this Court has stated may constitute an illegal form of gambling. See Schwartz v. Upper Deck (I),
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