Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review Volume 12 Number 1 Symposium on Independent Article 9 Productions 1-1-1992 The Litigation of the America's Cup Runneth over with Inconsistencies: A New Approach to Interpreting Charitable Trusts George Schuyler Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/elr Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation George Schuyler, The Litigation of the America's Cup Runneth over with Inconsistencies: A New Approach to Interpreting Charitable Trusts, 12 Loy. L.A. Ent. L. Rev. 221 (1992). Available at: https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/elr/vol12/iss1/9 This Notes and Comments is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Reviews at Digital Commons @ Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School. It has been accepted for inclusion in Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE LITIGATION OF THE AMERICA'S CUP RUNNETH OVER WITH INCONSISTENCIES: A NEW APPROACH TO INTERPRETING CHARITABLE TRUSTS [T]he basic convention for any game is the assumption of a level field, that all begin as equals, above board. Without that convention, there is no contest. The highly moralized ... world of any sport is very fragile in the face of the amoral quest ...to win at any cost, even at the cost of destroying the game.' I. INTRODUCTION In the spring of 1990, the New York Court of Appeals2 held in Mer- cury Bay Boating Club Inc. v. San Diego Yacht Club3 that the America's Cup trophy rightfully belonged to the San Diego Yacht Club ("SDYC" or "San Diego").