Senne
Senne v. Kansas City Royals Baseball Corp.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Spero, J.
ORDER RE MOTIONS TO DISMISS AND MOTIONS TO TRANSFER
Re: Docket Nos. 281, 283, 285, 286
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiffs in this putative class action are former Minor League baseball players who assert claims under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and California, Florida, Arizona, North Carolina and New York wage and hour laws against the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball doing business as Major League Baseball (“MLB”) and its thirty member franchises. Presently before the Court are two sets of motions challenging personal jurisdiction and venue.
With respect. to personal jurisdiction, two motions to dismiss have been filed in this action (the “Motions to Dismiss”). First, ten of the MLB Clubs named ; as Defendants in the Complaint — Atlanta National League Baseball Club, Inc., Boston Red- Sox Baseball Club L.P., -Chicago White Sox, Ltd., -Cleveland Indians Baseball Co., Inc., Cleveland Indians Baseball Co., L.P., Detroit Tigers, Inc., New York Yankees Partnership, The Phillies, Pittsburgh Associates, L.P., Tampa Bay Rays Baseball, Ltd., and Washington Nationals Baseball Club, LLC (“Proskauer PJ Defendants”) bring a Motion to Dismiss the Consolidated Amended…