Dallas judge says Tony Romo's loss to NFL in fantasy football case at center of effort to unseat him

Two lawyers representing a business backed by Tony Romo sat shoulder-to-shoulder in a Dallas appeals court. A lower court judge had thrown out their case against the National Football League, and they wanted the ruling overturned.

“It was the NFL’s burden to prove every element of their defense, and they simply didn’t do that,” one of the attorneys, Julie Pettit, told the panel of appellate justices, who fired back questions.

It could be weeks or months before the appellate court returns a decision. But Pettit and her partner in the case, Michael Hurst, have found another way to take aim at the lower court judge who ruled against them. They are trying to unseat him in the coming Democratic primary.

Both Pettit and Hurst say their support of a challenger to Civil District Court Judge Carl Ginsberg is not about his ruling against them in the high-profile dispute between Romo and the NFL. They say they simply think his opponent would be a better judge.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/dallas/2018/02/19/dallas-judge-says-tony-romos-loss-nfl-fantasy-football-case-center-effort-unseat

It looks like a couple of attorneys are upset that their big payday didn't happen.