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The legal battle between UCLA and the Rose Bowl is still ongoing. In a proceeding on Tuesday, both sides expressed their frustrations in a string of heated statements to the judge at the Los Angeles Superior Court.
Jan 2, 2012; Pasadena, CA, USA; A general view of the Rose Bowl entrance prior to the game between the Oregon Ducks and the Wisconsin Badgers in the 2012 Rose Bowl game. Mandatory Credit: Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports
Nima Mohebbi, who is an attorney representing the Rose Bowl Operating Co. and the City of Pasadena, explained how what should be a simple case has been turned into a difficult one. Mohebbi said the terms of the lease state UCLA must play home games at the Rose Bowl through the 2043 season.
“This is like a shell game, your honor, and it’s so frustrating because we’ve been doing this for seven months and going through these sorts of machinations that I just think is inappropriate for such an easy case,” Mohebbi said, per Ben Bolch of the California Post.
“This is not a difficult case – this is a plain vanilla breach-of-contract case where we want to exercise the rights we have in the contract to prevent our counter party from leaving – that’s exactly what the contract allows us to do and we’ve been denied at every possible opportunity to do that.”
One of UCLA’s attorneys, Jeremy Smith, responded to Mohebbi’s “shell game” comment by explaining how the Rose Bowl’s lawsuit sparked from privileged pre-litigation communications made by a UCLA consultant, Jeffrey Moorad, in October.
“I have to say, it really bothers me that they call this gamesmanship – that’s how we view it,” Smith said, per Ben Bolch of the California Post. . “The other side is relying on the statements of outside counsel as the basis for their lawsuit. That’s exactly what is not supposed to happen; that’s why you’re supposed to have those conversations before [litigation] so that we don’t end up in your court, not that those conversations become the essence of the lawsuit.”
UCLA is trying to use the anti-SLAPP argument to dismiss the lawsuit.
Judge Joseph Lipner wrote in a tentative ruling that he is considering denying UCLA’s motion. However, he did not commit to a final ruling on the anti-SLAPP motion on Tuesday.
Photo Credit: Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports
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Jan 2, 2012; Pasadena, CA, USA; A general view of the Rose Bowl entrance prior to the game between the Oregon Ducks and the Wisconsin Badgers in the 2012 Rose Bowl game. Mandatory Credit: Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports
Nima Mohebbi, who is an attorney representing the Rose Bowl Operating Co. and the City of Pasadena, explained how what should be a simple case has been turned into a difficult one. Mohebbi said the terms of the lease state UCLA must play home games at the Rose Bowl through the 2043 season.
“This is like a shell game, your honor, and it’s so frustrating because we’ve been doing this for seven months and going through these sorts of machinations that I just think is inappropriate for such an easy case,” Mohebbi said, per Ben Bolch of the California Post.
“This is not a difficult case – this is a plain vanilla breach-of-contract case where we want to exercise the rights we have in the contract to prevent our counter party from leaving – that’s exactly what the contract allows us to do and we’ve been denied at every possible opportunity to do that.”
One of UCLA’s attorneys, Jeremy Smith, responded to Mohebbi’s “shell game” comment by explaining how the Rose Bowl’s lawsuit sparked from privileged pre-litigation communications made by a UCLA consultant, Jeffrey Moorad, in October.
“I have to say, it really bothers me that they call this gamesmanship – that’s how we view it,” Smith said, per Ben Bolch of the California Post. . “The other side is relying on the statements of outside counsel as the basis for their lawsuit. That’s exactly what is not supposed to happen; that’s why you’re supposed to have those conversations before [litigation] so that we don’t end up in your court, not that those conversations become the essence of the lawsuit.”
UCLA is trying to use the anti-SLAPP argument to dismiss the lawsuit.
Judge Joseph Lipner wrote in a tentative ruling that he is considering denying UCLA’s motion. However, he did not commit to a final ruling on the anti-SLAPP motion on Tuesday.
Photo Credit: Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports
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