District Court, D. Montana October 8, 2002, CV 01-69-BU-DWM (Knievel v. ESPN, Inc.)

ORDER

MOLLOY, Chief Judge.

I. Statement of Facts

Plaintiff Evel Knievel is a well-known motorcycle daredevil who was born and raised in Butte, Montana. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Evel Knievel wowed fans throughout the United States and around the world with death-defying leaps over cars, trucks, bodies of water, and canyons.