DANIELS v. FANDUEL, INC.

Supreme Court Case No. 18S-CQ-00134.

109 N.E.3d 390 (2018)

Akeem DANIELS, Cameron Stingily, and Nicholas Stoner, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. FANDUEL, INC. and DraftKings, Inc., Defendants-Appellees

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Decided: October 24, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT: Stephen B. Caplin , Stephen B. Caplin Professional Corporation, Indianapolis, Indiana W. Clifton Holmes , The Holmes Law Group, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois Todd L. McLawhorn , Siprut PC, Chicago, Illinois.

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE: Ian H. Gershengorn , Kenneth L. Doroshow , Ishan K. Bhabha , Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, District of Columbia John R. Maley , Peter J. Rusthoven , Barnes & Thornburg, Indianapolis, Indiana Damien J. Marshall , Boies Schiller Flexner , New York, New York.

ATTORNEY FOR AMICUS CURIAE, CMG WORLDWIDE: Theodore J. Minch , Sovich Minch, LLP, Indianapolis, Indiana.

ATTORNEY FOR AMICI CURIAE, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW PROFESSORS: John A. Conway , LaDue Curran & Kuehn LLC, South Bend, Indiana.

ATTORNEYS FOR AMICUS CURIAE, FANTASY SPORTS TRADE ASSOCIATION: Rudolph A. Telscher, Jr. , Kara R. Fussner , Husch Blackwell LLP, St. Louis, Missouri John W. Borkowski , Husch Blackwell LLP, South Bend, Indiana.

ATTORNEYS FOR AMICI CURIAE, MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS ASS'N, ET AL.: Michael Rubin , P. Casey Pitts , Altshuler Berzon LLP, San Francisco, California Gabriel A. Hawkins , Lynn Toops , Cohen & Malad, LLP, Indianapolis, Indiana.

ATTORNEY FOR AMICUS CURIAE, NEW SPORTS ECONOMY INSTITUTE: Libby Yin Goodknight , Krieg DeVault LLP, Indianapolis, Indiana.


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