Editing Anaheim, California (section)

===Court battle against the Angels===
{{Main|City of Anaheim v. Angels Baseball LP}}
[[File:Angel Stadium of Anaheim.jpg|thumb|[[Angel Stadium]] of Anaheim in 2003]]

On January 3, 2005, Angels Baseball LP, the ownership group for the Anaheim Angels, announced that it would change the name of the club to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Team spokesmen pointed out that from its inception, the Angels had been granted territorial rights by [[Major League Baseball]] to the counties of [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles]], [[Ventura County, California|Ventura]], [[Riverside County, California|Riverside]], and [[San Bernardino County, California|San Bernardino]] in addition to Orange County. The new owner, [[Arturo Moreno]], believed the name would help him market the team to the entire Southern California region rather than just Orange County. The "of Anaheim" was included in the official name to comply with a provision of the team's lease at Angel Stadium which requires that "Anaheim" be included in the team's name.

Mayor [[Curt Pringle]] and other city officials countered that the name change violated the spirit of the lease clause, even if it was in technical compliance. They argued that a name change was a major bargaining chip in negotiations between the city and Disney Baseball Enterprises, Inc., then the ownership group for the Angels. They further argued that the city would never have agreed to the new lease without the name change, because the new lease required that the city partially fund the stadium's renovation, but provided very little revenue for Anaheim. Anaheim sued Angels Baseball LP in Orange County [[Superior Court]], and a jury [[trial]] was completed in early February 2006, resulting in a victory for the Angels franchise.

Anaheim appealed the court decision with the [[California Court of Appeal]] in May 2006. The case was tied up in the Appeals Court for over two years. In December 2008, the Appeals Court upheld the February 2006 Decision and ruled in favor of Angels Baseball. In January 2009, the Anaheim City Council voted not to appeal the court case any further, bringing an end to the four-year legal dispute.