Ventura v. Titan Sports, Inc.

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD,

Circuit Judge, dissenting.

I dissent from so much of the court’s opinion as allows Mr. Ventura a recovery for royalties before Mr. Bloom negotiated a contract for him. To state a cause of action for unjust enrichment in Minnesota, a plaintiff must show either on legal or equitable grounds, or based on principles of natural justice, that a defendant’s retention of a benefit would be unjust. Mehl v. Norton, 201 Minn. 203, 205-07, 275 N.W. 843, 844-45 (1937). In the court’s view, Mr. Ventura was deprived of a legal right to additional compensation because Titan infringed…