Delaware Code Title 28 Sec. 109 – Injunctive relief
(a) The Division may seek injunctive relief in any court of competent jurisdiction of this State to enjoin any person from undertaking any combative sports or combative sports entertainment event in violation of this chapter or of the Division’s regulations or to compel obedience to any order of the Director relating to combative sports and combative sports entertainment.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 28 Sec. 109
- Combative sports: shall include all professional boxing and mixed martial arts and all amateur boxing and mixed martial arts. See Delaware Code Title 28 Sec. 102
- Combative sports entertainment: include d but not limited to "celebrity boxing" "entertainment boxing" and all such similar terms or names shall mean a display of skill for the purpose of entertaining an audience, consisting of choreographed or simulated combat in which techniques commonly used in combative sports are employed by participants. See Delaware Code Title 28 Sec. 102
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Director: shall mean the Director of the Division of Professional Regulation of the Department of State. See Delaware Code Title 28 Sec. 102
- Division: shall mean the Division of Professional Regulation of the Department of State. See Delaware Code Title 28 Sec. 102
- Event: shall mean an organized series of contests and/or individual matches presented as a single occasion. See Delaware Code Title 28 Sec. 102
- Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Professional: shall mean a person who engages in a match or contest where a purse of cash or other article of value is awarded for that person's participation or victory which is greater than the maximum amount permitted by the Division to be awarded to an amateur, as defined in the Division's rule and regulations. See Delaware Code Title 28 Sec. 102
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) In addition to any other statutory or regulatory sanction that may be imposed, the Director shall have the authority to apply to the Delaware Court of Chancery for an injunction, restraining order or any other order as may be appropriate to enjoin any person, partnership, organization, corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership or limited partnership from:
(1) Promoting or offering to promote any unlicensed amateur or, professional combative sports event or combative sports entertainment event;
(2) Advertising or offering to advertise any unlicensed amateur or professional combative sports event or combative sports entertainment event;
(3) Conducting or offering to conduct any unlicensed amateur or professional combative sports event or combative sports entertainment event; or
(4) Competing or offering to compete in any unlicensed amateur or professional combative sports event or combative sports entertainment event.
(c) Any court of competent jurisdiction in this State may assess and compel payment of a civil penalty pursuant to this section.
76 Del. Laws, c. 413, § ?2; 77 Del. Laws, c. 438, §§ ?43-48;