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108 Ky. L.J. 467 (2019-2020)
Abram I. Elkus: The New York Yankees' First Lawyer

handle is hein.journals/kentlj108 and id is 497 raw text is: ABRAM I. ELKus: THE NEW YoRK YANKEES' FIRST LAwYER Robert M Jarvis' TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................ 467 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 468 I. ELKUS'S LIFE AND D EATH .............................................................................................. 470 II. BIRTH OF THE Y ANKEES .................................................................................................. 478 III. ELKUS AND BIG BILL D EVERY .................................................................................... 483 IV . ELKUS AND THE YANKEES .............................................................................................. 490 A . Incorporation of the Team (1903) .......................................................................... 490 B. The H illtop Park Zoning Board H earing (1903) .................................................... 498 C. Norman Elberfeld's Injunction (1903) ................................................................... 506 D . The H udson M arines Contract Case (1907-09) .................................................... 508 E. Joseph Gordon's Takeover Action (1908-13) ........................................................ 511 F. Re-incorporation of the Team (1913) ..................................................................... 515 G. Sale of the Team (1914-15) ................................................................................... 521 V . CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................... 530 I Professor of Law, Nova Southeastern University (jarvisb@nova.edu). Many thanks are owed to the following individuals: Don Amore of the Hartford Courant, Alan Chang, the Deputy General Counsel and Vice President of Legal Affairs of the New York Yankees; Julie Harvell of Heritage Auctions; Judith A. Herbert of Genealogyprof (Guilderland, New York); Cassidy Lent, the Reference Librarian at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum; Lindsey Ottman of Ottman Research Services, LLC (New York City); and Alison F. Rosenberg, the head of research and reference at the NSU Panza Maurer Law Library. 467