Judge Explains Ruling in Dodgers’ Case
WASHINGTON (AP) – A U.S. District Judge in Delaware says a bankruptcy judge who freed the Los Angeles Dodgers from provisions of its current Fox Sports TV contract likely improperly relied on a single case in making his decision.
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On Friday, U.S. District Judge Leonard Stark halted the Dodgers’ plans to sell the media rights to future games as part of the team’s impending sale. On Tuesday, Stark issued a longer, 33-page ruling explaining his reasoning.
Fox currently has the rights to produce, record and telecast Dodgers games through the 2013 season. The contract gives Fox certain rights in negotiating an extension, including the right to talk exclusively with the team in advance of competing offers. But a judge handling the team’s bankruptcy proceedings ruled the “no-shop” provisions were unenforceable in bankruptcy.
Fox has appealed that decision.
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