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BOWMAN v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

No. 4-75-Civ-551.

402 F.Supp. 754 (1975)

Ken BOWMAN et al., Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, an unincorporated association, et al., Defendants.

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

November 7, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lindquist & Vennum, Edward Glennon, Edward J. Parker and Mark R. Johnson, Minneapolis, Minn., Bowman & Lingl, Ken Bowman, DePere, Wis., for plaintiffs.

Faegre & Benson, John D. French and James B. Loken, Minneapolis, Minn., for defendants National Football League and Commissioner.

Covington & Burling, James C. McKay and Paul J. Tagliabue, Washington, D. C., for 26 member teams.

Maslon, Kaplan, Edelman, Borman, Brand & McNulty, Irving R. Brand, Minneapolis, Minn., for Minnesota Vikings.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

DEVITT, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs, professional football players unemployed because of folding of the World Football League (WFL), seek in this class action anti-trust case to enjoin the National Football League (NFL) and its member teams from a claimed boycott against hiring them to play football for NFL teams during the remainder of the 1975 season. The immediate issue is whether to issue a requested temporary injunction pending trial...

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