Golden Gate Yacht Club filed a lawsuit today against the Société Nautique de Genève (SNG) in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, which has jurisdiction over the America's Cup Deed of Gift.

The Golden Gate Yacht Club said it filed a lawsuit on Friday after Alinghi ignored an informal complaint from the U.S. Team.

The San Francisco club is asking the Court to:
-	void the purported challenge of the Club Nautico Español de Vela (CNEV) because CNEV does not qualify under the Deed of Gift as a challenger;
-	declare the 'Protocol Governing the 33rd America's Cup' agreed between SNG and CNEV null and void because
	(i) CNEV was an invalid challenger, and
	(ii) SNG is engaging in self-dealing by accepting CNEV's purported challenge and entering into a protocol which eliminates Challenger rights and omits basic information regarding match rules and conditions.
-	declare that GGYC's challenge filed on 11 July 2007 for the 33rd America's Cup is valid; and
-	require SNG to accept GGYC's challenge, and implement the terms of the Deed of Gift by participating with GGYC in the establishment of a proper protocol though a consensual process; or, failing that, to proceed with a match with GGYC under the rules expressly set forth in the Deed of Gift.

The Swiss had 30 days to answer the complaint from its filing in New York on Friday.