Indianapolis Colts v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, and Capital Improvement Board of Managers of Marion County

The issue in this case is whether the Capital Improvement Board (“CIB”) and *959-the City Council of Baltimore (“Baltimore”) are adverse claimants to a particular stake held by the Indianapolis Colts. The majority asserts that the CIB and Baltimore “are not claimants to the same stake” and thus the Indianapolis Colts fail to satisfy the jurisdictional requirement of 28 U.S.C. § 1335 (1982). In the alternative, the majority declares that even if a common stake does exist, the Colts are not presented with conflicting and vexatious claims to that stake. I dissent from the majority’s strained attempt…