Golden Gate Yacht Club v. Société Nautique de Genève

Because I find, inter alia, that the motion court properly concluded that the relevant wording of the Deed of Gift is unambiguous and, therefore, that the challenge of Club Náutico Español de Vela is invalid, I respectfully dissent.

The America’s Cup1 is a silver trophy which is the corpus of a charitable trust, having derived its name from the schooner America, which won a yacht race around the Isle of Wight against numerous British challengers in 1851. The six owners of America and the Cup donated it to the New York Yacht Club in 1857, but it was twice returned to George Schuyler, the sole…