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DEORIA v. STATE ATHLETIC COM'N

Nos. 1266 C.D. 2008, 1391 C.D. 2008.

962 A.2d 697 (2008)

James DEORIA, Petitioner v. STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION and Harry Yorgey, Respondents. Harry Joe Yorgey, Petitioner v. Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 8, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Berlin, New York, NY, for designated petitioner, James Deoria.

Martha Herr Brown, Asst. Counsel, Harrisburg, for respondent, State Athletic Commission.

John P. O'Boyle, Scranton, for respondent, Harry Yorgey.

BEFORE: COHN JUBELIRER, Judge, and BUTLER, Judge, and KELLEY, Senior Judge.

OPINION BY Senior Judge KELLEY.

In these cross appeals, James Deoria (Deoria) and Harry Joe Yorgey (Yorgey) appeal from an order of the State Athletic Commission (Commission), which modified the terms of the parties' contract. We vacate.

This case involves a contract dispute between a professional boxer, Yorgey, and his manager, Deoria, both of whom are licensed by the Commission. On February 9, 2006, Yorgey and Deoria entered into a three-year boxer-manager...

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