An MSG spokesperson issued a statement saying, "We disagree with the ruling. We do not believe the MTA Board has the right to cut an inside deal and are highly confident that this will be overturned on appeal. Far more important, is the issue of whether or not taxpayers should be forced to subsidize a $2.2 billion football stadium on the West Side of Manhattan that New Yorkers do not want and cannot afford. In the court of public opinion, the overwhelming majority of New Yorkers stand together in opposition to this waste of taxpayer funds."Civic and labor groups also said they will appeal the decision Cahn found that the groups lacked standing and dismissed their case. The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by the NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign, Transport Workers Union Local 100, Common Cause/NY and the Tri-State Transportation Campaign. The groups argued that the MTA violated its duties to secure the best terms possible for the sale of this valuable asset and did not proceed through a process that insured fairness to all potential bidders. The groups are represented by Tom Shanahan of the law firm Shanahan and Associates, PC; Daniel Bright of the law firm of Kennedy, Schwartz and Cure; Nancy Christensen of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign; and Eric Schneiderman, New York State Senator for the 31st District. "The MTA cannot be allowed to act like a rogue agency," says Schniederman. "On appeal we will argue that the MTA has a legal duty to maximize the benefit from the sale of its assets, and that it failed to fulfill that duty with regard to the Rail Yards."