Contracts by Minors. Sergei Samsonov is a Russian and one of the top hockey players in the world. When Samsonov was seventeen years old, he signed a contract to play hockey for two seasons with the Central Sports Army Club, a Russian club known by the
abbreviation CSKA. Before the start of the second season, Samsonov learned that because of a dispute between CSKA coaches, he would not be playing in Russia's premier hockey league. Samsonov hired Athletes and Artists, Inc (A&A), an American sports agency, to make a deal with a U.S. hockey team. Samsonov signed a contract to play for the Detroit Vipers (whose corporate name was, at the time, Arena Associates, Inc). Neither A&A nor Arena knew about the CSKA contract. CSKA filed a suit in a federal district court against Arena and others, alleging, among other things, wrongful interference with a contractual relationship. What effect will Samsonov's age have on the outcome of this suit?
Contracts by minors
On this issue, the court ruled in favor of the defendants. The court reasoned that because Samsonov signed the CSKA contract "before he turned eighteen years old, the agreement is voidable. * * * [T]here is no liability for interference with such an agreement absent employment of wrongful means, unlawful restraint of trade, or lack of competitive motive." There was no evidence the defendants acted with " 'wrongful means' or without justification. Indeed, nothing shows that these defendants acted in an unlawful, unethical, unfair, dishonest, or fraudulent manner. Rather, all their actions were undertaken with the justifiable business motive of securing a business asset—in this case, a star hockey player. Specifically, the evidence does not suggest that * * * A&A surreptitiously sought to steal the Russian athlete from the CSKA, but shows that they acted only after Samsonov * * * engaged their agency with intent to enter the American hockey world. Similarly, Arena and the Vipers did not engage in any improper conduct when signing Samsonov, but understood that he was free from other obligations."
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