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Case 2:14-cv-03503-MAM Document 1 Filed 06/12/14 Page 1 of 52 JS 44 (Rev. 12/12) CIVIL COVER SHEET The JS 44 civil cover sheet and the information contained herein neither replace nor supplement the filing and service of pleadin&s or other papers as required by law, except as provided by local rules of court. This form, approved by the Judicial Conference of the United States in September 1974, is reqmred for the use of the Clerk of Court for the purpose of initiating the civil docket sheet. (SEE INSTRUCTIONS ON NEXT PAGE OF THIS FORM.) I. (a) PLAINTIFFS DEFENDANTS Ma1or [eagueSoccer, LLC Piotr Nowak Major League Soccer Players Union (b) County of Residence of First Listed Plaintiff Delaware County, PA County of Residence of First Listed Defendant New York County, NY (EXCEPT IN US. PLAINTIFF CASES) (IN US. PLAINTIFF CASES ONLY) NOTE: IN LAND CONDEMNATION CASES, USE THE LOCATION OF THE TRACT OF LAND INVOLVED. cnffJrcfWgrnw~ (Firm Name, Address, and Telephone Number) Attorneys (IfKnown) Haines & Associates, 1835 Market St., Suite 2420, Phila, PA. 19103 215 246 220 II. BASIS OF JURISDICTION (Placean "X"tnoneBoxOnlyJ ID. CITIZENSHIP OF PRINCIPAL PARTIES (Place an "X" in one Box for Plaintiff (For Diversity Cases Only) and One Box for Defendant) D 1 U.S. Government D 3 Federal Question PTF DEF PTF DEF Plaintiff (US. Government Not a Party) Citizen of This State (!!.: 1 D 1 Incorporated or Principal Place D 4 D 4 of Business In This State 02 U.S. Government ~4 Diversity Citizen of Another State D 2 0 2 Incorporated and Principal Place 0 5 fl!( 5 Defendant (Indicate Citizenship ofParties in Item III) of Business In Another State D 3 D 3 Foreign Nation D 6 0 6 IV. NATURE OF SUIT (Place an "X"inOneBoxOnlyJ l~~"t'il~.{€0'.Nl'RX•'• ;i;i¥,•ll'l'l~'TORlI'-$~i!!l~~~~~~~l:¥'~~~; ~~ltQRFEl'litJRl!lll!EN~~'li il\'l()blWll},\WBANRJilIB'.re¥:~tkl8! ;J\ll'Jil~O'r.,"RISTA'FlJlrESili\li·• D 110 Insurance PERSONAL INJURY PERSONAL INJURY D 625 Drug Related Seizure D 422 Appeal 28 USC 158 D 375 False Claims Act D 120 Marine D 310 Airplane D 365 Personal Injury - of Property 21 USC 881 .CJ 423 Withdrawal 0 400 State Reapportionment 0 130 Miller Act D 315 Airplane Product Product Liability 0 690 Other 28 USC 157 0 410 Antitrust 0 140 Negotiable Instrument Liability 0 367 Health Care/ D 430 Banks and Banking D 150 Recovery of Overpayment D 3 20 Assault, Libel & Pharmaceutical lle~;:;.Jl';;::"p;;;,w=.,,:n~.:nE=H!ffi\{;;:·.-;;,,=H1G~m= ..l;l:Sl'!':M:<:\il';:;,,ll}m'! D 450 Commerce & Enforcement of Judgment Slander Personal Injury D 820 Copyrights D 460 Deportation 0 151 Medicare Act D 330 Federal Employers' Product Liability 0 830 Patent 0 470 Racketeer Influenced and D 152 Recovery of Defaulted Liability 0 368 Asbestos Personal D 840 Trademark Corrupt Organizations Student Loans 0 340 Marine Injury Product 0 480 Consumer Credit (Excludes Veterans) 0 345 Marine Product Liability """==========-==:========""~I'"~~W'liW~R-OlnRl!iit>l'b'ffuti0.\\i' ~1i'SO€J~fSERURl([l¥-~k!'il1 D 490 Cable/Sat TV D 153 Recovery of Overpayment Liability PERSONAL PROPERTY D 710 Fair Labor Standards D 861 HIA (1395ff) 0 850 Secorities/Commodities/ of Veteran's Benefits D 350MotorVehicle D 3700therFraud Act 0 862BlackLung(923) Exchange 0 160 Stockholders' Suits 0 355MotorVehicle 0 371 TruthinLending D 720Labor/Management 0 863DIWC/DIWW(405(g)) D 890 Other Statutory Actions D 190 Other Contract Product Liability D 380 Other Personal Relations D 864 SSID Title XVI D 891 Agricultural Acts D 195 Contract Product Liability ~ 360 Other Personal Property Damage D 740 Railway Labor Act D 865 RSI ( 405(g)) D 893 Environmental Matters D 196 Franchise Injury D 385 Property Damage D 751 Family and Medical D 895 Freedom ofinformation D 362 Personal Injury - Product Liability Leave Act Act Medical Malpractice 0 790 Other Labor Litigation 1~\\Iili,~lii!W~l'lt(')}>i!)lt'Bf•'ii~ §l'~~~t\mJlIU(I8TS'llilW!t~'llf ~~PltISt>l'i.ElttRETlrI'l()NS'\li D 791 Employee Retirement D 210 Land Condemnation D 440 Other Civil Rights Habeas Corpus: Income Security Act D 870 Taxes (U.S. Plaintiff Act/Review or Appeal of · D 220 Foreclosure D 441 Voting D 463 Alien Detainee or Defendant) Agency Decision 0 230 Rent Lease & Ejectment 0 442 Employment 0 510 Motions to Vacate D 871 IRS-Third Party D 950 Constitutionality of D 240 Torts to Land 0 443 Housing/ Sentence 26USC 7609 State Statutes D 245 Tort Product Liability Accommodations D 530 General D 290 All Other Real Property D 445 Amer. w/Disabilities - D 535 Death Penalty }1~;7.~1l£~1MMlG~~lON?I~~~ Employment Other: D 462 Naturalization Application 0 446 Amer. w/Disabilities - 0 540 Mandamus & Other D 465 Other Immigration Other D 550 Civil Rights Action.• D 448 Education D 555 Prison Condition D 560 Civil Detainee - Conditions of Confinement V. ORIGIN (Placean ''X"inOneBoxOnly) )!( 1 Original 0 2 Removed from 0 3 Remanded from 0 4 Reinstated or 0 5 Transferred from 0 6 Multidistrict Proceeding Stale Court Appellate Court Reopened Another District Litigation (specifY) Cite the U.S. Civil Statute under which you are filing (Do not cite jurisdictional statutes unless diversity): VI. CAUSE OF ACTION Briefdescriptionofcause: Tortious Interference with a contract VII. REQUESTED IN 0 CHECK IF TIDS IS A CLASS ACTION DEMAND$ CHECK YES only if demanded in complaint: COMPLAINT: UNDER RULE 23, F.R.Cv.P. JURY DEMAND: ~ Yes 0 No VIII. RELATED CASE(S) (See instructions): IF ANY JUDGE The Honorable Mary A. Mclaughlin DOCKETNUMBER 2:12-cv-04165 DATE 06/12/2014 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY RECEIPT# AMOUNT APPLYING IFP JUDGE MAG.JUDGE Case 2:14-cv-03503-MAMUNITED Document STATES DISTRICT1 Filed 06/12/14 COURT Page 2 of 52 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA-DESIGNATION FORM to be used by counsel to indicate the category of the case for the purpose of assignment to appropriate calendar. AddressofPlaintiff:102 Hayfield Lane, Chadds Ford, PA19137 9208 AddressofDefendant: 420 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10018 Place of Accident, Inciden? of? ~r?nsa~mn~ i ngton Rd • , Be b.h~·-·._e_s_d_a~•~_M_a_r~v~l=a=n~d~------------------- l use neverse Side For Additional Space) Does this civil action involve a nongovernmental corporate party with any parent corporation and any publicly held corporation owning 10% or more of its stock? (Attach two copies of the Disclosure Statement Form in accordance with Fed.R.Civ.P. 7.l(a)) YesD NoD Does this case involve multidistrict litigation possibilities? Yeso No RELATED CASE, IF ANY: CaseNumber: 2: 12-cv-04165 JudgeHom. Mary McLaughl j Ji)ateTerminated: _________________ Civil cases are deemed related when yes is answered to any of the following questions: 1. Is this case related to property included in an earlier numbered suit pending or within one year previously terminated action in this court? Yeslp/ NoD 2. Does this case involve the same issue of fact or grow out of the same transaction as a prior suit pending or within one year previously terminated action in this court? / Yesl7 NoD 3. Does this case involve the validity or infringement of a patent already in suit or any earlier numbered case pending or within one year previou~. terminated action in this court? YesD Norn/. 4. Is this case a second or successive habeas corpus, social security appeal, or pro se civil rights case filed by the same individual? YesD CIVIL: (Place V' in ONE CATEGORY ONLY) A Federal Question Cases: B. Diversity Jurisdiction Cases: 1. o Indemnity Contract, Marine Contract, and All Other Contracts 1. o Insurance Contract and Other Contracts 2. o FELA 2. 0 Airplane Personal Injury 3. o Jones Act-Personal Injury 3. 0 Assault, Defamation 4. o Antitrust 4. 0 Marine Personal Injury 5. o Patent 5. 0 Motor Vehicle Personal Injury 6. 0 Labor-Management Relations 6. 0 Other Personal Injury (Please specify) 7. 0 Civil Rights 7. 0 Products Liability 8. 0 Habeas Corpus 8. o Jroducts Liability - Asbestos 9. 0 Securities Act(s) Cases 9. \.f!f' All other Diversity Cases 10. 0 Social Security Review Cases (Please specify) 11. 0 All other Federal Question Cases (Please specify) ARBITRATION CERTIFICATION (Check Appropriate Category) I, Clifford E. Haines , counsel of record do hereby certify: Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 53.2, Section 3(c)(2), that to the best of my knowledge and belief, the damages recoverable in this civil action case exceed the sum of $150,000.00 exclusive of interest and costs; o Relief other than monetary damages is sought. DATE: _6......,_/ ~1 _2_,_/~1~4~-- 09882 e~~~ Attorney I.D.# NOTE: A trial de novo will be a trial by jury only ifthere has been compliance with F.R.C.P. 38. I certify that, to my knowledge, the within case is not related to any case now pending or within one year previously terminated action in this court except as noted above. DATE: 6 I 1 2 I 1 4 &W+y;-~~ .ZL~ 09882 Attorney-at-Law Attorney I.D.# CIV. 609 (5/2012) Case 2:14-cv-03503-MAM Document 1 Filed 06/12/14 Page 3 of 52 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA CASE MANAGEMENT TRACK DESIGNATION FORM CIVIL ACTION PIOTR NOWAK v. MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER, LLS AND MAJOR LEAGUE NO. SOCCER PLAYERS UNION In accordance with the Civil Justice Expense and Delay Reduction Plan of this court, counsel for plaintiff shall complete a Case Management Track Designation Form in all civil cases at the time of filing the complaint and serve a copy on all defendants.