METRO. SPORTS FACILITY. v. MN TWINS

No. C2-01-2010.

638 N.W.2d 214 (2002)

METROPOLITAN SPORTS FACILITIES COMMISSION, Respondent, v. MINNESOTA TWINS PARTNERSHIP, a Minnesota General Partnership, d/b/a Minnesota Twins Baseball Club and the Minnesota Twins, et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied February 4, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Corey J. Ayling, Andrew J. Shea, Richard L. Evans, Kathleen M. Brennan, McGrann Shea Anderson Carnival Straughn Lamb, Chartered, Minneapolis, MN, for respondent.

Roger J. Magnuson, Peter William Carter, Andre Timothy Hanson, Mitchell W. Granberg, Dorsey Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, MN, for appellants.

Mike Hatch, Attorney General, Alan I. Gilbert, Chief Deputy and Solicitor General, Mark B. Levinger, Stuart T. Alger, Assistant Attorneys General, St. Paul, MN, for amicus curiae State of Minnesota.

William M. Hart, Meagher Geer P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, for amicus curiae Charles E. Spevacek.

Considered and decided by TOUSSAINT, Chief Judge, SCHUMACHER, Judge, and KLAPHAKE, Judge.


OPINION

TOUSSAINT, Chief Judge.

Appellants Minnesota Twins Partnership and Major League Baseball challenge the temporary injunction (1) requiring the Twins to play their 2002 home schedule at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome stadium; (2) enjoining Major League Baseball from interfering with the contract; (3) enjoining the Twins from taking action that would prevent them from playing their 2002 home schedule at the Metrodome; and (4) enjoining the sale of...

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