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ESPN, INC. v. OFFICE OF COM'R OF BASEBALL

No. 99 CIV 3225(SAS).

76 F.Supp.2d 383 (1999)

ESPN, INC., Plaintiff, v. OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

November 23, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric J. Lobenfeld, Robert A. Schwinger, Jonathan M. Sobel, Chadbourne & Parke LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff ESPN.

Robert J. Kheel, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, New York, NY, Robert A. DuPuy, Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant Baseball.

OPINION AND ORDER

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

Introduction

This is a contract dispute between ESPN, Inc. ("ESPN"), an all-sports cable television network, and The Office of Major League Baseball ("Baseball"), which acts on behalf of the Major League Baseball clubs. In 1996, the parties entered into a telecasting agreement (the "1996 Agreement") pursuant to which Baseball granted ESPN the right to telecast regular season major league...

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