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Alinghi must face Oracle
18/03/2008 22:23 - (SA)
New York - Alinghi will have to defend
the America's Cup against BMW Oracle after a New York judge on
Tuesday threw out a request by the Swiss syndicate to reargue a
court case between the two.
BMW Oracle took Alinghi to court last year, arguing that it
had chosen an illegitimate yacht club to be its main challenger
and that the two had set rules that were unfairly weighted in
the Swiss team's favour.
In November, New York State Supreme Court Judge Herman Cahn
ruled in BMW Oracle's favour but Alinghi asked to reargue the
case because it said there were flaws in the way BMW Oracle had
presented its own challenge for the America's Cup, sailing's
most coveted prize.
On Tuesday, Justice Cahn said he would not reargue the case
and refused to rule BMW Oracle's challenge invalid.
Alinghi said the team would not appeal the ruling and
proposed a race with Oracle in July 2009. The next staging of
the race was due to be in Valencia, Spain next year.
- Reuters
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