Dawson v. Farr

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether a disagreement about the geographic eligibility of a player for an American Legion baseball team is rendered moot by the player’s subsequent ineligibility on the ground of age. The plaintiffs, Andrew Dawson and the Simsbury American Legion Post No. 84 baseball team, brought an action to enjoin the defendants, David Farr, The American Legion and The American Legion Department of Connecticut, Inc., from interfering with the named plaintiff’s playing for the plaintiff team during the 1992 summer season. After a hearing, the trial court, O’Neill,…