Legal Opinion
Kaiser v. Bowlen
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 1, 2006No. 05-1050, 05-1079PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUCERO, Circuit Judge.
If sport be a metaphor for life, then surely the sale of a National Football League franchise must be like the game itself. Sophisticated businessmen, armed at the elbow with teams of experts, including transactional lawyers, advance their offensive and defensive strategies towards the goal of obtaining a contract, shaking hands, and sealing the deal. When the ink is dry, the game is over. If a dispute arises, our role, like that of a referee, is to ensure that the parties live up to their agreements, follow the law, and play by the rules.
Fourteen years after the 1984…
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