WHITE v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Civ. No. 4-92-906.

836 F.Supp. 1505 (1993)

Reggie WHITE, Michael Buck, Hardy Nickerson, Vann McElroy and Dave Duerson, Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE; The Five Smiths, Inc.; Buffalo Bills, Inc.; Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc.; Cincinnati Bengals, Inc.; Cleveland Browns, Inc.; The Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Ltd.; PDB Sports, Ltd.; The Detroit Lions, Inc.; The Green Bay Packers, Inc.; Houston Oilers, Inc.; Indianapolis Colts, Inc.; Kansas City Chiefs Football Club, Inc.; The Los Angeles Raiders, Ltd.; Los Angeles Rams Football Company, Inc.; Miami Dolphins, Ltd.; Minnesota Vikings Football Club, Inc.; KMS Patriots Limited Partnership; The New Orleans Saints Limited Partnership; New York Football Giants, Inc.; New York Jets Football Club, Inc.; The Philadelphia Eagles Football Club, Inc.; B & B Holdings, Inc.; Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc.; The Chargers Football Company; The San Francisco Forty-Niners, Ltd.; The Seattle Seahawks, Inc.; Tampa Bay Area NFL Football Club, Inc.; and Pro-Football, Inc.; Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Fourth Division.

August 20, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward M. Glennon, Carol T. Rieger, Charles J. Lloyd, and Lindquist & Vennum, Minneapolis, MN, James W. Quinn, Jeffrey L. Kessler, Jonathan T. Weiss, Daniel Rubin, David G. Feher, Cathy E. Shore-Sirotin, and Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, for plaintiffs.

James Fitzmaurice, Daniel J. Connolly, and Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, MN, Herbert Dym, Gregg H. Levy, and Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, Frank Rothman, Shepard Goldfein, William L. Daly, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Los Angeles, CA, for defendants.

Peter S. Hendrixson, and Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, MN, Maxwell M. Blecher, and Blecher & Collins, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant Philadelphia Eagles Football Club, Inc.

Thomas Fraser, Laurie J. Miller, and Fredrikson & Byron, Minneapolis, MN, Don Howarth, Suzelle M. Smith, and Howarth & Smith, Los Angeles, CA, for objector Leslie O'Neal.


ORDER

DOTY, District Judge.

This matter is before the court on defendants' (other than the Philadelphia Eagles)1 motion to hold objector Leslie O'Neal in contempt of this court's order of April 30, 1993. The facts underlying this matter are largely undisputed. On March 3, 1993, defendants moved for an order to show cause why the court should not enjoin all pending and future cases brought by individual class members challenging...

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