Legal Question in Business Law in New York

Little League

We had a baseball league in our town it was chartered by ''Little League'' and the league was dissolved and had $6000 dollars in a bank account. There was problems with people getting along and two new leagues started. One is taking over as West Babylon Little League and the other is not affiliated with ''Little League.'' Does the new league charted by ''Little League'' have the right to the money from the old league along with the equipment. ''Little League'' is saying that money belongs to them even though they changed names. The original league was called before it was dissolved was called the West Babylon Youth League.


Asked on 3/28/07, 7:44 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Anthony Colleluori The Law Offices of Anthony J. Colleluori & Associates PLLC

Re: Little League

These types of disputes are always difficult, especially for the children. The most fair way to handle it would be for the leagues to count the children from the former league now playing in each new league. Divide the 6000 by that number assigning an amount to each child and let the funds follow the children. Equiptment can be split evenly or by size.

Now for the legal issue, It depends what the previous leagues charter and rules said. It seems that before the two leagues disipate money better spent on the kids, they should submit the issues to binding arbitration through the good offices of the County Bar Association or a group like the American Arbitration Association. You could each propose an attorney to hear the matter and they could chose a neutral third arbitrator.

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Answered on 3/28/07, 9:38 pm


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