The Supreme Court of the State of New York yesterday ruled against Alinghi, the Swiss defenders of the America's Cup, upholding the legal challenge of BMW Oracle Racing (BOR) and making the American team the official challengers for the trophy.
Justice Herman Cahn's 18-page judgment in the case of the Golden Gate Yacht Club v Societe Nautique de Geneve (the teams' representative yacht clubs) was damning of Alinghi and agreed with BOR's central contention that Club Nautico Espanol de Vela's (CNEV) status as official challenger - which allowed it to negotiate the much disputed parameters of the next America's Cup with Alinghi - is illegal.
