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7 You Make the Call 1 (2005)

handle is hein.blasports/ansrvds0007 and id is 1 raw text is: Volume 7, Number 1 {Winter/Spring 20051 Beginning with this issue, You Make The Call... will now provide analysis of the most recent cases in the sports law field on a bi-annual basis. Each issue will cover the past 6 months of cases. The current issue covers cases from January 1 to June 30, 2005. Issue 2 will cover cases from July 1 to December 31, 2005, and will be published in January of 2006. Where available we continue to include Webfinds that provide a pinpoint website link to copies of the cases included in the newsletter. Agency Law Biktasheva v. Red Square Sports, Inc., 366 F. Supp. 2d 289 (D. Md 2005). Professional athletes, Lyudmila Biktasheva and Silviya Skvortsova were represented by Red Square Sports, Inc. When Red Square Sports paid the athletes a fraction of the amount owed under their Nike endorsement contracts, they sued for breach of contract. The court granted Red Square Sport's motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because the claim did not satisfy the amount in controversy requirement for diversity jurisdiction. The athletes' claimed they were each owed $36,000, while the jurisdictional requirement is for claims valued at $75,000. Fittipaldi USA, Inc. v. Castroneves, 905 So. 2d 182 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005). Racecar driver, Helio Castroneves was represented by FUSA, a subsidiary of Fittipaldi USA, Inc. Castroneves terminated the representation agreement after FUSA failed to assist him in @ Copyright 2005, National Sports Law Institute of Marquette University Law School Page 1

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