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Cubs win in dispute with rooftop owners; judge dismisses lawsuit over videoboards, Ricketts alleged defamation

By Jonathan Bilyk | Thursday, Oct 1, 2015 @ 5:13pm

The Chicago Cubs may not have unfurled the ‘W’ flag in federal court, but a federal judge handed Chicago’s National League Ballclub a big win in their long running legal dispute with the owners of rooftops overlooking Wrigley Field. A federal judge on Sept. 30 dismissed an attempt by the rooftop owners to persuade the court to declare the Chicago Cubs had violated the team’s agreement with the rooftop owners when the franchise erected its new video boards in the Wrigley Field bleachers, obstruc