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Judge rules Saints, Pelicans owner Benson is competent (The Associated Press)

Yahoo! Sports | June 18, 2015

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A judge has ruled that New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson remains competent to run his business empire.

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The ruling legally upholds Benson's decision nearly six months ago to place his third wife, Gayle, first in line to inherit control of his NFL and NBA teams instead of recently disowned heirs who had been groomed to take over.

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