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A Colorado state court judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to remove three executives who have been overseeing the Denver Broncos in recent years because the team’s former owner, Pat Bowlen, had dementia.
The case brought last October by Bill Bowlen, a former minority owner of the team and brother of Pat Bowlen, the longtime Broncos owner who died in June, is part of an increasingly complicated family struggle for control of the N.F.L. team.
Bill Bowlen’s lawsuit argued that an independent overseer was needed because the executives had conflicts of interest given they work for the team, are trustees of Pat Bowlen’s estate and had power of attorney over his affairs.