GaryMrMets
05-14-2003, 02:14 PM
Court Requires 90 Days' Notice for Expos Move
A federal judge ordered baseball to give her court 90 days' notice of any attempt to move or sell the Montreal Expos.
Judge Ursula Ungaro-Benages of the U.S. District Court in Miami issued the order as part of a lawsuit by former limited partners of the Expos against former controlling owner Jeffrey Loria, commissioner Bud Selig and several other baseball officials.
Northern Virginia, Portland, Ore., and Washington, D.C., are trying to land the Expos, and baseball's committee on the Expos meets Wednesday to prepare a briefing for the meeting of all owners the following day.
Bob DuPuy, baseball's chief operating officer, said that no major decisions on the Expos will be made at this week's meetings, but that owners will vote Thursday on the proposed sale of the Anaheim Angels from The Walt Disney Co. to Arturo Moreno, a deal worth about $185 million.
Baseball officials have said they hope to have a decision on the Expos by the All-Star break in mid-July.
A federal judge ordered baseball to give her court 90 days' notice of any attempt to move or sell the Montreal Expos.
Judge Ursula Ungaro-Benages of the U.S. District Court in Miami issued the order as part of a lawsuit by former limited partners of the Expos against former controlling owner Jeffrey Loria, commissioner Bud Selig and several other baseball officials.
Northern Virginia, Portland, Ore., and Washington, D.C., are trying to land the Expos, and baseball's committee on the Expos meets Wednesday to prepare a briefing for the meeting of all owners the following day.
Bob DuPuy, baseball's chief operating officer, said that no major decisions on the Expos will be made at this week's meetings, but that owners will vote Thursday on the proposed sale of the Anaheim Angels from The Walt Disney Co. to Arturo Moreno, a deal worth about $185 million.
Baseball officials have said they hope to have a decision on the Expos by the All-Star break in mid-July.