Legal Opinion
Top Rank, Inc. v. Ortiz (In Re Ortiz)
District Court, C.D. California
Decided January 21, 2009No. CV 08-06116 MMM. Bankruptcy No. BK 08-10004 RR. Adversary No. AP 08-01037 RRPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER REVERSING DECISION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT
MARGARET M. MORROW, District Judge.
Top Rank, Inc. appeals an order of the bankruptcy court granting Victor M. Ortiz’s motion for summary judgment on its claims for declaratory and injunctive relief. The order was entered on August 18, 2008, and Top Rank timely appealed.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Ortiz is a professional boxer; Top Rank is a boxing promoter. 1 In 2005, Ortiz and Top Rank entered into a five-year promotional agreement, 2 pursuant to which Ortiz agreed to fight annually in a minimum number of bouts promoted by Top Rank and…
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