GOLDEN GATE YACHT CLUB
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ruling confirms the America's Cup challenge
GGYC
Valencia, Spain, 18 March 2008: Justice Herman Cahn of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
today announced a ruling in which the
validity of the challenge of the Golden Gate Yacht Club for the 33rd
America's Cup is confirmed. Cahn pointed to a late objection from the
Defender, negotiate the earlier decision in favor of the newly GGYC
.
"We are very pleased with this decision. The court has determined that our challenge
corresponds fully with the requirements of the Deed of Gift
, and we are now preparing for the next race, "said Tom Ehman
, spokesman for the club.
confirmed in today's ruling, the court's decision 27
November 2007, after which the GGYC is the valid challenger for the Cup.
The Defender, Societe Nautique de Geneve (SNG), had made the request
to negotiate this decision again, focusing on a new
assertion supported, that the challenge of the U.S.
clubs do not meet the Deed of Gift corresponded. This was rejected by the court
now.
It is key to a Deed of Gift Match, for the defending champion has
made it clear that he by the GGYC before and after the decision
of the court in November, the offers for a conventional
race on a mutual agreement set Rules and
received with all the teams will not.
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