Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. v. Price

Full title: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PROPERTIES, INC., NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE…

Court: United States District Court, E.D. New York

Date published: Jun 23, 2001

98 CV 5894, 98 CV 5947, 98 CV 6023 (E.D.N.Y. Jun. 23, 2001)

Opinion

98 CV 5894, 98 CV 5947, 98 CV 6023

June 23, 2001

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER FLOM (James A. Keyte, Peter S. Julian, Shepard Goldfein, of counsel) 919 Third Avenue New York, N Y 10022, for plaintiffs Major League Baseball Properties, Inc., National Football League Properties, Inc., NBA Properties, Inc., NHL Enterprises, L.P., and Topps Company.

WEIL, GOTSHAL MANGES (James W. Quinn, of counsel) 767 Fifth Avenue, New York, N Y 10153, for plaintiff National Football League Players, Inc.

WILLKIE FARR GALLAGHER (Richard L. Klein and Martin B. Klotz, of counsel) 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, N Y 10019-6099, for plaintiff Topps Company.

MILBERG, WEISS, BERSHAD, HYNES LERACH, LLP (Michael C. Spencer and Melvyn I. Weiss, of counsel) One Pennsylvania Plaza, 49th Floor, New York, N Y 10119-0165, for defendants Lance Kuba, Marty Schwartz, and Steven Price.

MILBERG, WEISS, BERSHAD, HYNES LERACH, LLP (William Lerach, Alan Mansfield, Randall J. Baron and James Swiderski, of counsel) 600 West Broadway, Suite 1800, San Diego, California 92101, for defendants.

MILBERG, WEISS, BERSHAD, HYNES LERACH, LLP (Kevin P. Roddy, of counsel) 355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 4170, Los Angeles, California 90071, for defendants.

LAW OFFICES OF HARRY C. BATCHELDER, JR. (Harry C. Batchelder, Jr., of counsel) 100 Maiden Lane, New York, N Y 10038, for defendants.

MORITT, HOCK HANROFF, LLP (Neil J. Moritt and Alan S. Hock, of counsel) 400 Garden City Plaza, Suite 202, Garden City, New York 11530, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

NICKERSON, District Judge:

Plaintiffs, licensors and manufacturers of sports and entertainment trading cards (collectively "licensors and manufacturers"), brought a consolidated action for a declaratory judgment and an injunction against a defendant class of alleged sports and entertainment trading card purchasers (the "card purchasers"). On March 8, 2001 Fleer/SkyBox International, LP ("Fleer") moved to intervene pursuant to Rule 24 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

The court referred Fleer's motion to Magistrate Judge Steven M. Gold to hear and report.

In a Report and Recommendation dated April 30, 2001, Magistrate Judge Gold recommended that Fleer be permitted to intervene pursuant to Rule 24(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

The Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Gold is hereby adopted.

So ordered.