August 04, 2026
The former owner of a Puerto Rican baseball team is looking to keep his antitrust suit against the league afloat, telling a federal judge that the league's efforts to snuff out the case are premature.
March 13, 2026
A federal judge has rejected a Puerto Rican baseball league's efforts to shift a former team owner's lawsuit back to local courts, saying the court is "duty-bound" to follow the First Circuit's instructions to reconsider the federal civil rights claims.
September 24, 2025
The former owner of a Puerto Rican baseball team told a federal judge this week that the court has already decided it is the proper forum for his antitrust lawsuit, and it should reject the defendant's motion to shift the dispute back to a local venue.
July 22, 2025
The First Circuit has affirmed the dismissal of federal antitrust claims from the former owner of a Puerto Rico-based baseball team over a league's efforts to remove him, citing the longstanding U.S. Supreme Court exemption for the sport, but revived claims under local antitrust law.