DUMAS v. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PROPERTIES, INC.

Nos. 98 CV 1772-B(AJB), 98 CV 2121-B (AJB).

52 F.Supp.2d 1183 (1999)

Gretchen DUMAS, as Guardian ad litem for Nicholas Chaset, and Irene Torres, as Guardian ad litem for Jon Rodriquez, 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. Jon Rodriquez, Irene Torres, and Gretchen Dumas, as Guardian ad litem for Nicolas Chaset, On Behalf of Themselves and all Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. The Topps Company, Inc., Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. California.

May 14, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin P. Roddy, Los Angeles, CA, William S. Lerach, San Diego, CA, Alan M. Mansfield, San Diego, CA, Randall J. Baron, San Diego, CA, James Swiderski, San Diego, CA, Melvyn I. Weiss, New York City, Micheal C. Spencer, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, New York City, Neil J. Moritt, Alan S. Hock, Moritt, Hock & Hamroff, Garden City, NY, Henry H. Rossbacher, Rossbacher & Associates, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiffs.

K. Jill Osmars, Michael Duckor, 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, Los Angeles, CA, Mark A. Snyder, Los Angeles, CA, Shepard Goldfein, New York City, Peter S. Julian, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, New York City, 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, defendant.

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, defendant.

Linda Dakin-Grimm, Los Angeles, CA, Eric J. Lobenfeld, New York City, Chadbourne & Parke, LLP, for The Walt Disney Company, defendant.

Richard A. Schirtzer, Quinn Emanuel Urguhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, of counsel Richard L. Klein, Martin Klotz, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, New York City, for The Topps Company, Inc., defendant.


ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO STAY CASE PURSUANT TO THE FIRST-TO-FILE RULE; DENYING MOTIONS TO TRANSFER PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a); DENYING MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE

BREWSTER, Senior District Judge.

I. Introduction

This Order encompasses three motions bearing on five different cases. First, the League and Player Licensor Defendants1 in Dumas et al. v. Major League Baseball Properties, et al. ("Dumas"), case...

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