Dallas Court of Appeals Affirms Summary Judgment for the NFL

In a decision bearing irony at many levels, the Dallas Court of Appeals handed the National Football League a major victory last week in its effort to straddle its highly protected image with the highly profitable world of gambling.

In Fan Expo LLC v. National Football League et al the Fifth Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court decision to grant summary judgment for the NFL in a dispute over a fantasy football show planned in 2015 for a Las Vegas hotel and casino. The court dismissed a plethora of claims filed against the league, saying it had every right to enforce the strict terms of its policies aimed against the influence of gambling and gamblers.