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Court Orders Mets To Allow Kosher Vendor To Operate On Sabbath While Suit Is Pending

By Howard M. Friedman

A New York federal district judge on Friday ordered the New York Mets to allow Kosher Sports to sell kosher hot dogs and other items at Friday night and Saturday afternoon games at Citi Field while a lawsuit is pending.  Yesterday's New York Daily News reports on developments in the damage suit brought by the food vendor that says it lost a half million dollars when it was banned from operating on those days. The Mets say the food cannot be kosher if the vendor sells it on the Sabbath. Kosher Sports says it sells food to non-Jews as well under its 10 year contract with the Mets.  According to today's New York Post, the Mets claim any damages were caused by Aramark, another vendor that refused to supply Kosher Sports with carts on Friday nights and Saturdays. In issuing the temporary order, federal district judge Jack Weinstein said he could not get involved in a dispute over rabbinical law. (See prior related posting.) [Thanks to Joel Katz (Relig. & State in Israel) for the lead.]

Full post as published by Religion Clause on August 14, 2010 (boomark / email).