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Dueling lawsuits.(Championship Auto Racing Teams fired CEO sues, and is being sued)

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For CART, the month of March ended with a curious exchange of lawsuits between the sanctioning body and former CEO Joseph Heitzler- a legal skirmish that's bound to get ugly before it is settled. Nearly four months after an angry board of directors sent Heitzler packing, the only thing certain was that ``Jargon Joe'' is still making things messy around the CART office.

CART struck first, filing a federal suit in U.S. District Court in Detroit, claiming Heitzler hired new employees and entered contracts on CART's behalf without approval from the board of directors. The suit is short on specifics, but contends Heitzler continued to act on his own after ``written ...

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