HIGGINS v. KENTUCKY SPORTS RADIO, LLC

No. 19-5409.

951 F.3d 728 (2020)

John M. HIGGINS; Carol Higgins; Weatherguard, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. KENTUCKY SPORTS RADIO, LLC; Matthew H. Jones; Drew Franklin, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 27, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Kent Wicker , DRESSMAN BENZINGER LA VELLE PSC, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellants. Jason Renzelmann , FROST BROWN TODD LLC, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Kent Wicker , DRESSMAN BENZINGER LA VELLE PSC, Louisville, Kentucky, John P. Passarelli , Carol A. Svolos , KUTAK ROCK LLP, Omaha, Nebraska, for Appellants. Jason Renzelmann , Griffin Terry Sumner , FROST BROWN TODD LLC, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellees.

Before: SUTTON, BUSH, and READLER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Americans take college sports seriously, sometimes too seriously. John Higgins refereed an Elite Eight game of the NCAA Basketball Tournament in 2017. The close contest between the Kentucky Wildcats and the North Carolina Tar Heels ended when the Tar Heels scored with less than a second on the clock. Kentucky...

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