New York strikes down UFC lawsuit; appeal considered | MMAjunkie
A federal lawsuit filed four years ago by the UFC and industry veterans to break New York’s ban on professional MMA was dismissed today, prompting a terse response from the industry leader.
In a ruling filed today in U.S. District Court in southern New York, judge Kimba Wood wrote the UFC had failed to meet the legal standard to prove a constitutional argument – one of four not previously dismissed by the court – that the ban’s vagueness had caused the promotion imminent harm.
Because the UFC hadn’t scheduled or planned events in the state prior to the suit, she furthered, the court could not provide a legal remedy to the situation. She offered, however, that the promotion “may consider filing new vagueness claims based on events that occurred after this lawsuit commenced...
A federal lawsuit filed four years ago by the UFC and industry veterans to break New York’s ban on professional MMA was dismissed today, prompting a terse response from the industry leader.
In a ruling filed today in U.S. District Court in southern New York, judge Kimba Wood wrote the UFC had failed to meet the legal standard to prove a constitutional argument – one of four not previously dismissed by the court – that the ban’s vagueness had caused the promotion imminent harm.
Because the UFC hadn’t scheduled or planned events in the state prior to the suit, she furthered, the court could not provide a legal remedy to the situation. She offered, however, that the promotion “may consider filing new vagueness claims based on events that occurred after this lawsuit commenced...
