Thursday, April 08, 2004
Rooftop Holdout Asks Judge to Thwart Cubs' Reprisal
The owners of "Skybox on Waveland," the only one of 13 rooftop clubs across from Wrigley Field that hasn't agreed to share its revenues with the Cubs, have asked the federal judge hearing the Cubs' action against them to enjoin the club from taking any action to block the view into Wrigley Field from their rooftop pending a trial of the Cubs' copyright infringement suit against them. They accuse the Cubs of deliberately delaying the trial to coerce a settlement.
However, while the Cubs' case against them appears weak, so does Skybox on Waveland's claim to have an affirmative right to peer into Wrigley Field from their rooftop. That the Cubs probably can't block them in the courts doesn't mean the club can't block them with a fence.
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The owners of "Skybox on Waveland," the only one of 13 rooftop clubs across from Wrigley Field that hasn't agreed to share its revenues with the Cubs, have asked the federal judge hearing the Cubs' action against them to enjoin the club from taking any action to block the view into Wrigley Field from their rooftop pending a trial of the Cubs' copyright infringement suit against them. They accuse the Cubs of deliberately delaying the trial to coerce a settlement.
However, while the Cubs' case against them appears weak, so does Skybox on Waveland's claim to have an affirmative right to peer into Wrigley Field from their rooftop. That the Cubs probably can't block them in the courts doesn't mean the club can't block them with a fence.
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