CARDTOONS v. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS

No. 02-5134.

335 F.3d 1161 (2003)

CARDTOONS, L.C., an Oklahoma Limited Liability Company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION, an unincorporated association, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 14, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Tilly (Craig A. Fitzgerald with him on the briefs) of Tilly & Fitzgerald, Tulsa, OK, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Russell S. Jones, Jr., of Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, P.C., Kansas City, MO (Susan C. Hascall of Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, P.C., Overland Park, KS, with him on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee.

Before SEYMOUR, McKAY, and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.


McKAY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal of a grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee Major League Baseball Players Association ("MLBPA") with respect to Appellant's state-law claims of tortious interference with contractual relations, libel and prima facie tort, and the entry of final judgment in Appellee's favor.

The dispute began in 1992 when Appellant Cardtoons L.C. ("Cardtoons") was formed to produce and market parody trading cards of...

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