[Doesn't this depend on what the meaning of is is?]
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Subject: Quote of the day for January 2, 2003
"A person who catches a baseball that enters the stands is its owner.
A ball is caught if the person has achieved complete control of the
ball at the point in time that the momentum of the ball and the
momentum of the fan while attempting to catch the ball ceases. A
baseball which is dislodged by incidental contact with an inanimate
object or another person before momentum has ceased is not
possessed. Incidental contact with another person is contact that
is not intended by the other person. The first person to pick up a
loose ball and secure it becomes its possessor."
- The definition of possession of a baseball, submitted by
Prof. Brian E. Gray of the University of California and adopted by
Judge Kevin M. McCarthy of the Superior Court of California, San
Francisco. The issue of possession was related to a dispute over
the ownership of a baseball hit by Barry Bonds to set a new single
season home run record. [Source:
http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/bonds/popovhayashi121802dec.pdf]
Submitted by: Manavendra Thakur
Dec. 20, 2002
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