Legal Opinion
Golden Gate Yacht Club v. Société Nautique de Genève
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 29, 2008PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
DeGrasse, J.
Defendant Société Nautique de Geneve (SNG) appeals from an order that, insofar as is relevant to this appeal, declared plaintiff Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) the Challenger of Record for the upcoming America's Cup race and invalidated the challenge by which such status was claimed by intervenordefendant Club Náutico Español de Vela (CNEV).
The America’s Cup is a silver cup trophy that constitutes the corpus of a charitable trust created in the 19th century under New York law (see Mercury Bay Boating Club v San Diego Yacht Club, 76 NY2d 256, 260 [1990]). The Cup…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Mercury Bay Boating Club Inc. v. San Diego Yacht ClubNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- In re the Corp. of YaddoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1926
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