A federal judge dismissed former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s $600 million antitrust lawsuit against the National Basketball Association, court papers obtained Wednesday show.
Sterling sued the NBA for more than $1 billion in damages immediately after his wife Shelly agreed in May 2014 to sell the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for $2 billion.
The league countersued, alleging that Sterling harmed the league with a widely broadcast racist rant about blacks.
Attorneys for the 81-year-old Sterling amended the suit last year to include as defendants the last two NBA commissioners, Adam Silver and David Stern; Sterling’s wife, Shelly; and two doctors who found him mentally incapable of continuing as the Clippers owner.