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SUPER BOWL TICKETS a case about an anti scalping law

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Chuck Thompson
Fri, Dec 15, 2017 10:55 PM

For those of you who may be unhappy with the NFL ticket policies, this case is for you and has virtually nothing to do with local government law.  The 3rd Circuit today found that an individual representative a potential class has standing to bring a claim involving a NJ law that required a person controlling ticket sales to withhold no more than 5% from the general public.  The Plaintiff asserts that for Super Bowl XLVIII  only 1% were made available to the general public.  The 3rd Circuit while finding the plaintiff had standing reserved direction on what to do until a certified question to the NJ Supreme Court was answered.  Depending on the answer to that question, one might ask whether the NY Giants/Jets wouldn't like to move their stadium back across the river.
FINKELMAN v NFL http://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/164087p.pdf

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For those of you who may be unhappy with the NFL ticket policies, this case is for you and has virtually nothing to do with local government law. The 3rd Circuit today found that an individual representative a potential class has standing to bring a claim involving a NJ law that required a person controlling ticket sales to withhold no more than 5% from the general public. The Plaintiff asserts that for Super Bowl XLVIII only 1% were made available to the general public. The 3rd Circuit while finding the plaintiff had standing reserved direction on what to do until a certified question to the NJ Supreme Court was answered. Depending on the answer to that question, one might ask whether the NY Giants/Jets wouldn't like to move their stadium back across the river. FINKELMAN v NFL http://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/164087p.pdf Charles W. Thompson, Jr. Executive Director and General Counsel International Municipal Lawyers Association, Inc. 51 Monroe Street Suite 404 Rockville, Maryland 20850 202-466-5424 x7110 Direct: 202-742-1016 Cell: 240-876-6790 Plan ahead: IMLA's Annual Seminar and Section 1983 Defense Conference - April 20- April 23, 2018 Washington, DC Support Houston! Come to our Annual Conference in beautiful downtown Houston - October 17-21, 2018 - Come to both Seminar and Conference for bundled rate at www.imla.org<http://www.imla.org/> [cid:image001.png@01D362C7.24D32E30]<https://www.facebook.com/IMLA-259977855541/>[cid:image002.png@01D362C7.24D32E30]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/15375790/> [cid:image003.png@01D362C7.24D32E30] <https://twitter.com/imlalegal> [SoundCloud Icon] <https://soundcloud.com/internationalmunicipallawyersassociation>