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The Marlins Are Trying to Avoid a Lawsuit By Claiming Citizenship in the British Virgin Islands

There's nothing quite as emblematic of south Florida as trying to dodge legal trouble through some wacky courtroom stunt. So perhaps we shouldn't be surprised that the Miami Marlins are attempting to duck a multi-million dollar lawsuit by claiming that, legally speaking, they're not actually residents of Miami.

As the Miami Herald reports, the team is claiming in Miami-Dade County court that the franchise is a corporate citizen of the British Virgin Islands in an effort to get out of a lawsuit filed in February by the county and the city of Miami against former owner Jeffrey Loria over his $1.