WASHINGTON FRONTIER LEAGUE BASEBALL, LLC et al v. ZIMMERMAN et al

  1. January 18, 2019

    No Sanctions For Baseball League's Ex-Attys, Judge Says

    An independent baseball league team owner who settled a suit with execs who allegedly cut him out of a new team deal can't punish the league's former lawyers with $325,000 in sanctions for "vexatious" conduct, an Indiana federal court said Friday.

  2. July 09, 2018

    Baseball Team Seeks Atty Sanctions For 'Vexatious' Conduct

    A team in the independent Frontier Professional Baseball Inc. League asked an Indiana federal court to sanction the league’s former counsel for increased costs caused by the lawyers’ "vexatious and unreasonable" conduct in a civil conspiracy suit that ultimately settled following the team’s failed expansion efforts.

  3. August 14, 2017

    Baseball League Must Let Team Owner Depose Commissioner

    An Indiana federal magistrate judge on Monday decided an independent baseball league must allow a team owner suing over an unsuccessful expansion venture to depose the league’s commissioner, saying the league should not have denied him the opportunity.

  4. April 28, 2017

    Proposed Deal In Baseball Expansion Suit Stays Under Wraps

    An independent baseball team owner can keep the terms of a proposed settlement over a failed expansion effort undisclosed to the Frontier Professional Baseball league, an Indiana federal magistrate judge recommended Wednesday.

  5. March 24, 2017

    Baseball CEO Calls Privileged Docs In Expansion Suit 'Unfair'

    The CEO of the Rockford Aviators baseball team in the independent Frontier League said that a team owner in the league cannot raise attorney-client privilege over certain discovery documents in the case, telling an Indiana federal judge on Thursday that the owner's designation is too broad.

  6. February 22, 2017

    Court Denies Settlement In Failed Baseball Expansion Suit

    An Indiana magistrate judge refused to allow the settlement of derivative claims in a suit by the owner of a baseball team in the independent Frontier League against other owners in the league over a failed expansion venture, finding it is too early to rule on the individual claims.

  7. September 15, 2016

    Judge Trims Suit Against Baseball Team Agents

    An Indiana judge Wednesday trimmed a suit by the owner of a baseball team in the independent Frontier League against other team owners in the league over a failed expansion venture, saying alternative resolution clauses in the league bylaws barred some of the claims.

  8. February 23, 2016

    Baseball League Bylaws Don't Cover Team Agents, Court Told

    The owner of a baseball team in the independent Frontier League asked an Indiana federal court Monday to keep an owner and employee of a rival team in his suit over a failed expansion venture, saying alternative resolution clauses in the league bylaws preclude suits against teams, but not their agents.

  9. December 02, 2015

    Baseball Team Beefs Up Suit Over Failed League Expansion

    A baseball team in the independent Frontier League on Wednesday expanded its suit over a missed chance for the league to grow, telling an Indiana federal judge that four people betrayed the league in a scheme to obtain a baseball park lease that could have benefited the league.

  10. November 19, 2015

    Indie Baseball League Expansion Suit Is Outta There

    An Indiana federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a derivative suit brought by an independent baseball team in the Frontier League over a missed opportunity for the league to expand, saying the claims are based on the possibility of a business relationship not an actual one.

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