The federal lawsuit filed Monday by Isles co-Owner
Howard Milstein against Redskins President John Kent Cooke
and GM Charley Casserly "is standard fare in the competitive
commercial world but a tough case to sustain and win,"
according to Torry & Miller of the WASHINGTON POST, who
discuss the case with legal analysts. Experts say that
Milstein will have to prove that Cooke and Casserly
"intentionally derailed his bid and went beyond the legal
bounds of aggressive competition to do so." Meanwhile, some
observers were "surprised" that Milstein did not name the
NFL as a defendant (WASHINGTON POST, 5/19). In DC, Tom
Knott writes that, with the lawsuit, Milstein "is only
confirming what the NFL's fraternity of high rollers
suspected all along. He is a poor sport who would take the
NFL's ball home with him if he owned it" (WASHINGTON TIMES,
5/19). A WASHINGTON POST editorial states: "Given that one
of the primary arguments against him was that he was too
quick to file lawsuits, it's difficult to see what will be
accomplished by this one" (WASHINGTON POST, 5/19).
