Opinion
20-CV-632 (JSR)
12-29-2022
KRISTOPHER R. OLSON, CHRISTOPHER LOPEZ, WARREN BARBER, CHRISTOPHER CLIFFORD, AND ERIK LIPTAK, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL; MLB ADVANCED MEDIA, L.P.; HOUSTON ASTROS, LLC; and BOSTON RED SOX BASEBALL CLUB, L.P., Defendants.
ORDER
JED S. RAKOFF, U.S.D.J.
Time to close the books. In a memorandum order dated 6/5/20, this Court denied plaintiffs' motion for reconsideration of this Court's April 3, 2020 Opinion and Order granting defendants' motion to dismiss. See ECF 72. In that memorandum order, this Court referred to a letter from Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to the New York Yankees that was originally filed under seal (the "Yankees Letter"). Id. at 9 n.3. Plaintiffs moved to unseal that letter, and this Court granted that motion, ordering the unsealing of "a minimally redacted version of the letter to protect the identity of individuals mentioned therein. "ECF 73 at 12. The Court stayed its unsealing order pending appeal by the Major League Baseball defendants and the New York Yankees. ECF 76, 77.
On appeal, a three-judge panel of the Second Circuit affirmed this Court's unsealing order in an opinion by Judge Bianco. See Opinion dated 3/21/22, Olson v. Major League Baseball, No. 201841, ECF 194. That panel subsequently denied the Yankees' request for reconsideration and the full Second Circuit denied its request for rehearing en banc. See Order dated 4/21/22, Olson, No. 201841, ECF 206. The mandate subsequently issued on 4/28/22. See ECF 81.
As this Court's order unsealing the Yankees Letter has now been affirmed, this Court directs that the minimally redacted version of it filed with the Court on 6/29/20, see Dkt. 80-1, and attached hereto be unsealed.
SO ORDERED.