Diversified Group Inc. v. Sahn

OPINION OF THE COURT

Saxe, J.

This appeal requires us to address the question of what conduct constitutes ticket scalping.

The underlying dispute concerns three groups of season tickets to Rangers and Knicks games at Madison Square Garden. For many years, defendant Coleman & Co. (Coleman) held subscription rights to all three groups of season tickets. These subscription rights were explicitly nontransferable under Madison Square Garden (MSG) regulations, and were subject to cancellation by MSG. Nevertheless, in March 1997 Coleman entered into an agreement with defendant Mitchell Sahn…