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TIMELINE 
October 7, 2001: Barry Bonds Hits 73rd Home Run/Scramble
in the Stands for Ball
October 7-October 24: Patrick Hayashi Initiates
Sale of Ball/Alex Popov Attempts To Meet With Hayashi to Talk About Ownership
of Ball Over Beer (Hayashi Doesn't Respond to Message on His Answering
Machine)
October 24, 2001: Alex Popov Files Lawsuit Against
Patrick Hayashi/Premilinary Injunction Sought For Stopping Sale of Ball
(Injuction Later Granted)
October 24, 2001-October 17, 2002: Pre-Trial Legal
Wrangling
October 17, 2002: Opening Statements Heard
October 17-November 28: Five weeks of Trial Includes
More than 20 Testimonies, Videotape Footage, and a Day in Court at UC
Hastings Law School.
November 28, 2002: Closing Statements Heard
December 18, 2002: Judge Kevin McCarthy Issues
12-Page Solomonic Decision Ordering Popov and Hayashi to Sell the Ball
and Split the Profits
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