Charpentier
Charpentier v. Los Angeles Rams Football Co.
Opinion
Opinion
Crosby, J.
Larry Charpentier is a former Los Angeles Rams season ticket holder who alleges the team breached a contract and defrauded him when it moved from Anaheim to Missouri after the 1994 season. The superior court concluded plaintiff’s complaint did not state a cause of action against the Rams and dismissed the case. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
I
Charpentier’s second amended complaint (originally a class action below) alleges that beginning in 1946, the Rams “agreed to offer plaintiff [or his predecessor] the right to ‘renew’ his season ticket in a subsequent year in return for . . . purchasing season tickets in the present year.” Plaintiff was permitted to renew or upgrade his seat through the 1994 season. Tickets were allocated on a seniority basis and lost preference if not renewed annually. A licensing agreement fee had never been required. When the Rams moved from Los Angeles to Anaheim after the 1979 season, holders of season tickets were granted the right to comparable seats at the new facility down the freeway from its “parent” city.
Plaintiff pleads he purchased tickets for the 1994 season believing he could renew the following year. The renewal form…