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Judge speeds up relocation fight

Associated Press

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

PHOENIX -- A U.S. bankruptcy court judge has accelerated the schedule for determining whether Canadian Jim Balsillie can buy the Phoenix Coyotes and move them to southern Ontario over the objection of the NHL. At a hearing on Wednesday, Judge Redfield Baum called the relocation issue "the 10,000-pound elephant in the room" and said it needed to be resolved quickly. He set a hearing for June 9 and promised a ruling shortly thereafter. All briefs and declarations must be submitted by June 5. The ...

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