Court Documents: Ty Warner Lawsuit Against Santa Barbara Museum Dismissed as Time-Barred
Records released from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
This page hosts court records from H. Ty Warner v. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, including a Jan. 8, 2026, in-chambers order dismissing the billionaire creator of Beanie Babies' lawsuit over the removal of his name from the museum’s Sea Center on Stearns Wharf.
In the order, U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner granted the museum’s motion to dismiss, finding that all of Warner’s claims were barred by the applicable statutes of limitations.
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Ty Warner lawsuit against Santa Barbara museum tossed
The court found Warner’s claims expired seven years before the lawsuit was filed.
Adam Schrader
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