Yankees win fight to keep stadium records secret
by admin ~ September 22nd, 2009.
John Egan Jr., the State Supreme Court Justice, has quashed a subpoena to grant access to thousands pages of documents pertaining to the new $1.5 billion stadium by Assemblyman Richard Brodsky. It was remarked by Egan that subpoenas should not be used as fishing expeditions.
The Yankees camp cheered the order after being buzzing with word that Red Sox tormentors Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz are linked to steroid use.
From TimesUnion.com:
Egan said Brodsky raised a good point about the need to examine taxpayer-funded stadium construction, but, the judge noted, the Yankees did not invent the practice.
Requiring the Yankees to pack up every last document relating to the construction of the new stadium, amounting to hundreds of thousands of pages, load them literally into a tractor trailor and deliver them to the Legislature is neither reasonable nor productive of this goal.”
The Yankees cheered Egan’s ruling.
In a statement issued moment after the ruling was released, the team’s lawyers, Jonathan Schiller and George Carpinello said:
“The baseball season is now in full swing and millions of fans have already enjoyed the new Yankee Stadium. It is time to move on.”
“In terms of the Decision this morning, and Mr. Brodsky’s subpoena in particular, the Court found that ‘the Yankees have made a good faith effort to comply with the Subpoena, culling through and producing a great deal of documents for inspection.’”
It was further stated by Egan that the request for records was “too broad” despite the fact that Assembly’s Committee on Corporations, Authorities, and Commissions have the legal authority to issue the subpoena in question.
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