1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.Supp.
  4. 802 F.Supp.
  5. 802 F.Supp. 226 (1992)
 

JACKSON v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Civ. No. 4-92-876.

802 F.Supp. 226 (1992)

Keith JACKSON, D.J. Dozier, Thomas Everett, Louis Lipps, Stephone Paige, Joseph Phillips, Webster Slaughter, Natu Tuatagaloa, Garin Veris and Leon White, 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.

September 24, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward M. Glennon, Carol T. Rieger, Charles J. Lloyd, and Lindquist & Vennum, Minneapolis, Minn., James W. Quinn, Jeffrey L. Kessler, and Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, for plaintiffs.

James Fitzmaurice, Daniel J. Connolly, and Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn., Herbert Dym, Jeffrey Pash, and Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., Frank Rothman, Shepard Goldfein, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants.

Peter S. Hendrixson, and Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, Minn., for defendant Philadelphia Eagles Football Club, Inc.

TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER

DOTY, District Judge.

This matter is before the court on plaintiffs' motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to prohibit defendants from continuing to restrict plaintiffs pursuant to the Right of First Refusal/Compensation Rules of Plan B. Based on a review of the file, record and proceedings herein, the court grants plaintiffs' motion for a temporary restraining order and defers ruling on their motion...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases