Shohei Ohtani's 50/50 Baseball

Shohei Ohtani's 50/50 Baseball


Shohei Ohtani in April 2024, Wikimedia Commons

Please review the “Complaint and Demand for Jury Trial” in the Maltus v Goldin litigation posted on Brigthspace, focusing on the background facts and on Counts I and II (the claims for an injunction and in conversion).

Then watch the following excerpts of news coverage and video evidence from these events:

Who has the better claim to Ohtani’s 50/50 baseball and what is the appropriate remedy in this case?

Note: in addition to this week’s problem on first possession, please also read the material on adverse possession (Keefer and Kosicki). Those cases do not address the problem but we will cover them in class.