Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York May 5, 2011 (Spirits of St. Louis Basketball Club v. Denver Nuggets, Inc.)

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Barbara R. Kapnick, J.), entered October 19, 2009, that granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Litigation involving the American Basketball Association (ABA), the National Basketball Association (NBA) and some of their teams has a history dating from the 1970s.