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The Cleveland Indians’ team name and “Chief Wahoo” mascot do not illegally discriminate against indigenous people under Canadian law, a judge ruled Monday after a dramatic 11th-hour hearing.

Judge Thomas McEwen of Ontario Superior Court denied a request from architect Douglas Cardinal to issue an order banning the broadcast of the name and logo until his human rights complaints can be heard.

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The decision, three hours before Game Three of the American League Championship Series in Toronto, averts a last-minute costume change for the visiting Indians. This likely would have been solved with spring training jerseys that do not include the logo, and say only “Cleveland.”

It means announcers and producers on Rogers’ broadcast of the game are free to use the team name and show images of the caricatured mascot.

It also prevents the “devastating impact” on Toronto businesses described by Kent Thomson, a lawyer for Rogers Communications, which owns the Blue Jays. He said a ban would have forced Rogers not to broadcast the game at all, for fear of being held in contempt, with untold knock-on effects on businesses like restaurants and hotels.