连结：http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3014973 ATLANTA HAWKS OWNERSHIP FEUD Belkin buyout ruling nixed by Md. court By TIM TUCKER The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 09/11/07 The Maryland Court of Special Appeals on Tuesday tossed out last year's lower court rulings that Steve Belkin is entitled to buy out his fellow Hawks-Thrashers owners at cost and take over the teams. The appellate court remanded the case to the Montgomery County (Md.) Circuit Court for further proceedings. The dispute stems from an August 2005 contract under which Belkin was to sell his stake in the teams to the other owners - principally Bruce Levenson, Ed Peskowitz, Michael Gearon and Rutherford Seydel - for a price to be set by a series of appraisals. When the buyout process broke down, Belkin filed suit, eventually asking the circuit court to rule that he was entitled to buy out the other owners at cost because they allegedly had missed a series of deadlines to buy him out. The appellate court Tuesday vacated the circuit court's June 14, 2006, order, which had given Belkin the right to buy out the other owners. The appellate court also overturned the circuit court's Feb. 24, 2006 order, which had given Belkin the right to hire the second appraiser despite having hired the first. The circuit court ruled that the 2005 contract was unambiguous on the subject of who should hire the second appraiser, but the appellate court disagreed, saying the contract "does not provide for how the parties were to proceed if, as here, both parties noted a timely objection" to the first appraisal. 情势大逆转，真的是大快人心阿！ 有兴趣的自行翻译看一下吧，保证精彩刺激，不容错过。 --

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