USA BASEBALL v. CITY OF NEW YORK

No. 07 Civ. 3605 (JGK).

509 F.Supp.2d 285 (2007)

USA BASEBALL; the National High School Baseball Coaches Association; Dr. Peter Berg; Juan Hernandez; Dennis Canale; Mel Zitter; Michael Cruz; Tito Navarro; John Torres; Easton Sports, Inc.; Wilson Sporting Goods Co.; Rawlings Sporting Goods Company; and Hillerich & Bradsby Company, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Defendant.

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

August 28, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Collins, Dewey Ballantine LLP, New York City, NY, David A. Ettinger, Jeffrey H. Kuras, Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, Detroit, MI, for Plaintiffs.

Jerald Horowitz, New York City Law Department, New York City, NY, for Defendant.


OPINION AND ORDER

JOHN G. KOELTL, District Judge.

At issue in this case is whether the New York City Council acted constitutionally in limiting the types of bats high school age students use in competitive baseball games, and more particularly by excluding the use of metal bats. In Local Law 20 of 2007 (the "Bat Ordinance"), the New York City Council determined the kinds of bats students of high school age may use in competitive baseball games sponsored...

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