CHAMPIONSWORLD LLC v. U.S. SOCCER FEDERATION, INC.

Case No. 06 C 5724.

726 F.Supp.2d 961 (2010)

CHAMPIONSWORLD LLC, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES SOCCER FEDERATION, INC., Major League Soccer, L.L.C. and Does 1 through 10, Inclusive, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

July 21, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Hanley Balson , Carrie A. Hall , Jolanda B. Krawczyk , Michael Best & Friedrich, Chicago, IL, Jamie M. Brickell , Maryaneh Simonian , William Laurence Charron , Pryor Cashman LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff.

Casandra Leann Thomson , Adam Wright , Michael Elisofon , Russell F. Sauer, Jr ., Latham & Watkins LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Terrence Joseph Connolly , Latham & Watkins, LLP, New York, NY, Timothy Bunker Hardwicke , Livia McCammon Kiser , Latham & Watkins LLP, Chicago, IL, for United States Soccer Federation, Inc.

Bradley I. Ruskin , Jason D. Gerstein , Jennifer R. Scullion , Jordan B. Leader , Scott Arthur Eggers , Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY, Sheri D. Davis , Steven Ross Gilford , Proskauer Rose LLP, Chicago, IL, for Major League Soccer, L.L.C.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HARRY D. LEINENWEBER, District Judge.

Before the Court are Motions for Judgment on the Pleadings under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(c) by Defendants United States Soccer Federation (the "USSF") and Major League Soccer ("MLS"). For the reasons stated below, the motions are granted in part and denied in part.

Also before the Court are USSF's Request for Judicial Notice and its Motion entitled "Objections and...

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