[Wallach] Madison Square Garden’s lawsuit against the New York State Liquor Authority has been dismissed by a NY Supreme Court judge.

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NEW: Madison Square Garden’s lawsuit against the New York State Liquor Authority has been dismissed by a NY Supreme Court judge. MSG was seeking to enjoin SLA license revocation proceedings over MSG’s adverse lawyer ban. Per the judge’s ruling, the lawsuit was dismissed because of MSG’s failure to demonstrate irreparable harm (a must for a preliminary injunction) and failure to exhaust administrative remedies.

James Dolan’s media tour may have cost him a shot an injunction against the SLA. In a footnote, Justice Engoran pointed to Dolan’s admission on Good Day New York that “we don’t make a lot of money on alcohol” as undercutting MSG’s claim of irreparable harm

The private investigator hired by James Dolan to tail the NYS Liquor Authority investigator to his home ended up being detained by the NYPD, placed in handcuffs and taken to a local precinct, where he was placed in a holding cell and had his belt and shoelaces removed.